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 PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 110 STAT. 2231 State program xinder title XIX is cooperating in good faith with the State in establishing the paternity of, or in establishing, modifying, or enforcing a support order for, any child of the individual by providing the State agency with the name of, and such other information as the State agency may require with respect to, the noncustodial parent of the child, subject to good cause and other exceptions which— "(i) shall be defined, teiking into account the best interests of the child, and "(ii) shall be applied in each case, by, at the option of the State, the State agency administering the State program under part A, this part, or title "(B) shall require the individual to supply additional necessary information and appear at interviews, hearings, and legal proceedings; "(C) shall require the individual and the child to submit to genetic tests pursuant to judicial or administrative order; "(D) may request that the individual sign a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, after notice of the rights and consequences of^ such an acknowledgment, but may not require the individual to sign an acknowledgment or otherwise relinquish the right to genetic tests as a condition of cooperation and eligibility for assistance under the State program funded under part A, or the State program under title XIX; and "(E) shall promptly notify the individual, the State Notification. agency administering the State program funded under part A, and the State agency administering the State program under title XIX, of each such determination, and if noncooperation is determined, the basis therefor.". Subtitle E—Program Administration and Funding SEC. 341. PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVES AND PENALTIES. (a) DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SYSTEM.— The Secretary of Health 42 USC 658 note. and Human Services, in consultation with State directors of proframs under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act, shall evelop a new incentive system to replace, in a revenue neutral manner, the system under section 458 of such Act. The new system shall provide additional payments to any State based on such State's performance under such a program. Not later than March Reports. 1, 1997, the Secretary shall report on the new system to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO PRESENT SYSTEM.—Section 458 (42 U.S.C. 658) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking "aid to families with dependent children under a State plan approved under part A of this title" and inserting "assistance under a program funded under part A"; (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking "section 402(a)(26)" and inserting "section 408(a)(4)"; (3) in subsections (b) and (c)—

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