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 PUBLIC LAW 105-200-^ULY 16, 1998 TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 112 STAT. 659 Deadline. Establishment. SEC. 401. ELIMINATION OF BARRIERS TO THE EFFECTIVE ESTABLISH- MENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT. (a) STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF ENFORCEMENT OF MEDICAL 42 USC 65I note. SUPPORT BY STATE AGENCIES. — (1) MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT WORKING GROUP.—Within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor shall jointly establish a Medical Child Support Working Group. The purpose of the Working Group shall be to identify the impediments to the effective enforcement of medical support by State agencies administering the programs operated pursuant to part D of title IV of the Social Security Act. (2) MEMBERSHIP.— The Working Group shall consist of not more than 30 members and shall be composed of representatives of— (A) the Department of Labor; (B) the Department of Health and Human Services; (C) State directors of programs under part D of title rV of the Social Security Act; (D) State directors of the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act; (E) employers, including owners of small businesses and their trade or industry representatives and certified human resource and payroll professionals; (F) plan administrators and plan sponsors of group health plans (as defined in section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1167(1)); (G) children potentially eligible for medical support, such as child advocacy organizations; (H) State medical child support programs; and (I) organizations representing State child support programs. (3) COMPENSATION. —The members shall serve without compensation. (4) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. —The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor shall jointly provide appropriate administrative support to the Working Group, including technical assistance. The Working Group may use the services and facilities of either such Department, with or without reimbursement, as jointly determined by such Departments. (5) REPORT.— (A) REPORT BY WORKING GROUP TO THE SECRETARIES. — Deadline. ^ Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Working Group shall submit to the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services a report containing recommendations for appropriate measures to address the impediments to the effective enforcement of medical support by State agencies administering the programs operated pursuant to part D of title IV of the Social Security Act identified by the Working Group, including—

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