Upon a determination, finding, or warning of noncompliance or upon such other notification from the federal department of health and human services that the state may not be, or is not, in compliance with a provision of the federal "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996", Public Law 104-193, relating to the establishment of paternity or the establishment, modification, or enforcement of support, the state department shall seek a federal waiver or exemption pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 666 (d) from the specific requirement of the "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996" with which the state is alleged to be out of compliance.
C.R.S. § 26-13-129
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1997 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 236, Session Laws of Colorado 1997.