Rhode Island Statutes

Federal Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), also known as the Welfare Reform Act, Section 466(a)(17) of the Social Security Act. This provision requires all States to enter into agreements with financial institutions doing business in their State for purpose of conducting a quarterly data match to identify accounts belonging to noncustodial parents who are overdue in their child support obligations.

Rhode Island General Laws (RIGL) § 15-22-2, Financial Institution Data Matches, which mandates that the Department shall enter into cooperative agreements with financial institutions doing business in the State to develop and operate a data match system using automated data exchanges to the maximum extent feasible on a quarterly basis, listing each non-custodial parent provided by the Department in the exchange who maintains an account at the financial institution and who owes past due child support in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) or more.