40-5.2-35. Child support pass-through.

For any month in which a noncustodial parent makes a child support payment in the month

when due and the support is collected by the department of human services, for a child or children

receiving cash assistance pursuant to this chapter, in a household of one child the first fifty dollars

($50.00) one hundred dollars ($100) of the child support payment, or the actual amount of the child

support payment if the payment is less than fifty dollars ($50.00) one hundred dollars ($100) , shall

be paid to the family in which the child resides ; in a household of two (2) or more children the first

two hundred dollars ($200) of the child support payment, or the actual amount of the child support

payment if the payment is less than two hundred dollars ($200), shall be paid to the family in which

the child resides. If more than one noncustodial parent makes a child support payment to children

living in the same family, there shall only be one payment of fifty ($50.00) one hundred dollars

($100) for a household of one child, or two hundred dollars ($200) for a household with two (2) or

more children paid to the family from the child support collected. This payment is known as the

“pass through” payment and shall be sent to the family within two (2) business days of the

determination that the amount is due and owing and no later than within two (2) business days of

the end of the month in which the support was collected.

SECTION 7. Section 40-6.2-1.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 40-6.2 entitled "Child

Care — State Subsidies" is hereby amended to read as follows: