SB 137-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
4/1/99 0659s
1999 SESSION
SENATE BILL 137-FN
AN ACT relative to use of social security numbers in child support enforcement and in the issuance of driver's licenses.
SPONSORS: Sen. Squires, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Public Institutions, Health and Human Services
This bill clarifies the use of social security numbers in child support enforcement and in the driver's licensing process.
This bill is a request of the department of health and human services and the department of safety.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
4/1/99 0659s
99-0227
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine
AN ACT relative to use of social security numbers in child support enforcement and in the issuance of driver's licenses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Revocation and Denial of Licenses; Child Support Enforcement. Amend RSA 161-B:11, VI-a to read as follows:
VI-a. The social security number of any applicant for a professional license, [commercial] driver's license, occupational license, recreational license, or marriage license shall be recorded on the application, provided that if the use of a number other than the social security number is allowed, [the applicant shall be so advised. Any application required by this section to contain a] to be used on the face of the document, the social security number shall be kept on file at the agency. The social security number shall be confidential and not subject to the right to know law. Unless otherwise authorized by law, the use of such number shall be limited to proceedings or actions to establish paternity or to establish or enforce support and shall only be provided to or entered in any out-of-state or federal data base for those cases for which the department is providing services.
2 Social Security Numbers; Application Form Options. Amend RSA 263:40-a, I to read as follows:
I. [The application form for a driver's license or a renewal of a driver's license may request the social security number of the applicant. An applicant for a renewal of a driver's license who is a resident of New Hampshire shall be given the opportunity to determine whether to provide the social security number.] The social security number of any applicant for a driver's license or a renewal of a driver's license shall be recorded on the application or renewal. The application form shall include a box to check off if the applicant does not wish to [provide his or her social security number pursuant to this paragraph, a box to check off if the applicant does not wish to have his or her social security number appear on the license, and a box to check off if the applicant does not wish to] have his or her computerized image, likeness, or photograph retained in the records of the department of safety.
3 Social Security Numbers; Application Form. Amend RSA 263:40-a, IV to read as follows:
IV. At the time that an individual provides the social security number to the department, [he] the individual shall be given the opportunity to determine whether he or she desires to have the number printed on his or her license. If the individual desires not to have the social security number printed on his or her license, it shall not be printed on the license, unless otherwise required by law. The application form shall include a box to check off if the applicant does not wish to have his or her social security number printed on the license.
4 New Paragraph; Penalty. Amend RSA 263:40-a by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. For the purposes of this section, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if:
(a) A person knowingly discloses an individual's social security number to a person known by such person to be unauthorized.
(b) A person knowingly makes a false representation to obtain an individual's social security number under RSA 223:40-a, II; or
(c) A person knowingly uses an individual's social security number for use other than authorized by law.
5 Repeal. RSA 263:40-a, II, relative to driver's license applicants who have recently established residency, is repealed.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2000.
LBAO
99-0227
1/29/99
SB 137-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to use of social security numbers in child support enforcement and in the issuance of driver's licenses.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services stated this bill will have a significant but indeterminable impact on state revenue and expenditures. There will be no impact on county and local revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department stated the exchange of data between the Department of Safety and the Department of Health and Human Services by using social security numbers will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of locating absent parents. This will result in an unknown number of additional child support orders and additional child support collections. Federal law requires the recording of social security numbers on drivers licenses as a condition of an approved state child support plan. If the state does not have an approved plan, it is not eligible for $9.2 million in administrative funding for the Department's Office of Child Support or for $1 million in performance incentive payments. There could also be sanctions of up to 5% of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant for failure to comply.