New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIII, Issue 7 / April 5, 2022

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RULE HEARING

The Human Services Department through the Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED), is proposing amendments to rules 8.50.125.3 Statutory Authority, 8.50.125.8 Child Support Payments, 8.50.125.5.11 Distribution of Collections (Except for Federal Income Tax Refund Offsets), 8.50.125.12 Distribution of Collections through Federal Income Tax Refund Offset, and 8.50.125.18 Child Support Case Services.

Changes in the rule are to update language including updating statute citation format, changing child support payment EFT options from mandatory to optional and changing payment distribution. The register for these proposed amendments to these rules will be available 4/1/2022 on the HSD web site at http://www.hsd.state.nm.us/LookingForInformation/registers.aspx. If you do not have Internet access, a copy of the proposed rules may be requested by contacting CSED at (505) 709-5755.

A public hearing to receive testimony on these proposed rules will be held virtually at 9:00 am on Thursday May 5, 2022.

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Interested parties may submit written comments directly to: Human Services Department, Office of the Secretary, ATTN: Child Support Enforcement Division Public Comments, P.O. Box 2348, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-2348. Recorded comments may be left by calling (505) 709-5755. Electronic comments may be submitted to john.lujan2@state.nm.us. Written, electronic and recorded comments will be given the same consideration as oral testimony made at the public hearing. All comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. May 5, 2022. All written comments will be posted on the agency’s website within 3 days of receipt.

If you are a person with a disability and you require this information in an alternative format or require a special accommodation to participate in the public hearing, please contact the Division toll free at 1-800-432-6217. The Department’s TDD system may be accessed toll-free at 1-800-659-8331 or in Santa Fe by calling (505) 827-3184.

The Department requests at least ten (10) days advance notice to provide requested alternative formats and special accommodations.

Copies of all comments will be made available by the CSED upon request by providing copies directly to a requestor or by making them available on the CSED website or at a location within the county of the requestor.