00 HOUSE BILL NO. 193 01 "An Act establishing a paid parental leave program; relating to unemployment benefits; 02 relating to the collection of child support obligations; and relating to the duties of the 03 Department of Labor and Workforce Development." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05  * Section 1. AS 23.10 is amended by adding new sections to read: 06 Article 9. Alaska Paid Parental Leave Program.  07 Sec. 23.10.700. Paid parental leave program. The department shall 08 administer the paid parental leave program established under AS 23.10.700 - 09 23.10.795.  10 Sec. 23.10.705. Parental leave fund account. The parental leave fund account 11 is established in the general fund. The commissioner of administration shall separately 12 account for money collected under AS 23.10.710 that the department deposits in the 13 general fund. The legislature may appropriate the annual estimated balance in the 14 account to the department to implement AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795. The legislature 01 may appropriate the lapsing balance of the account to the unemployment 02 compensation fund under AS 23.20.130. 03 Sec. 23.10.710. Special employee unemployment contribution for paid  04 parental leave program. (a) In the manner provided in AS 23.20 and for the benefit 05 of the paid parental leave program, the department shall collect from each employee 06 an amount equal to .15 percent of the wages, as set out in AS 23.20.175, on which the 07 employee is required to make contributions under AS 23.20.290(d). The department 08 shall remit money collected under this subsection in accordance with AS 37.10.050.  09 (b) Notwithstanding AS 23.20.290(d), the department shall credit each 10 employee with an amount equal to the amount collected from the employee under (a) 11 of this section against unemployment contributions owed by the employee under 12 AS 23.20. 13 (c) The department shall assess and collect, under AS 23.20.185 - 23.20.275, 14 interest and penalties for delinquent reports and payments due under this section. 15 Interest and penalties collected shall be handled in accordance with AS 23.20.130(d). 16 Sec. 23.10.715. Qualifying purpose. An eligible employee may use paid 17 parental leave when the employee needs to be absent from work to 18 (1) care for a child within 12 months of the anticipated birth of that 19 child to, adoption of that child by, or placement of that child with the eligible 20 employee; or 21 (2) complete an adoption or foster placement process of a child before 22 the child is adopted by or placed with the employee. 23 Sec. 23.10.720. Paid parental leave claim. (a) The department shall establish 24 by regulation procedures for filing a claim for paid parental leave under AS 23.10.700 25 - 23.10.795, including a procedure for certifying that the leave is for a qualifying 26 purpose under AS 23.10.715. 27 (b) An employee may file a claim with the department for paid parental leave 28 not more than 60 days before the anticipated start date of the qualifying absence from 29 work nor more than 90 days after the date on which the qualifying absence from work 30 began. The department may waive the 90-day filing deadline for good cause. The 31 department may process a claim without the eligible employee providing exact dates 01 of an anticipated qualifying absence from work. The department may adjust claim data 02 through a claim modification process established by the department. 03 (c) The department may accept any of the following as sufficient evidence that 04 a paid parental leave claim is for a qualifying purpose: 05 (1) the child's birth certificate; 06 (2) a document from the child's health care provider or the health care 07 provider of the person who gave birth to the child, stating the child's date of birth; 08 (3) a document from the child's health care provider, the adoption 09 agency involved in the adoption, or another individual approved by the department 10 confirming the adoption or anticipated adoption and the date of the adoption or 11 anticipated adoption; 12 (4) a document from the foster care agency involved in the child's 13 placement, or from another individual approved by the department, confirming the 14 placement or anticipated placement of the child for foster care; or 15 (5) a form signed by the employee acknowledging paternity of the 16 child that meets the requirements of AS 18.50.165. 17 Sec. 23.10.725. Eligibility; benefit amount; duration. (a) An employee who 18 is paid at least $2,500 in wages during at least two of the calendar quarters of the 19 employee's base period is eligible to receive paid parental leave beginning the first day 20 of absence from work for a qualifying purpose under AS 23.10.715. 21 (b) The department shall calculate an employee's base period for purposes of 22 (a) of this section using the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters 23 immediately preceding the first day of the employee's benefit year, except that, if an 24 employee would not otherwise be eligible for paid parental leave because of the use of 25 a base period that does not include the most recently completed calendar quarter 26 immediately preceding the first day of the employee's benefit year, the department 27 shall calculate the employee's base period and determine the employee's eligibility 28 using the four most recently completed calendar quarters before the start of the benefit 29 year. For an individual who has been separated from employment for not more than 26 30 weeks, the department shall calculate the individual's base period using the first four 31 of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the individual's 01 separation from employment, except that, if an individual would not otherwise be 02 eligible for paid parental leave because of the use of a base period that does not 03 include the most recently completed calendar quarter, the department shall calculate 04 the individual's base period and determine the individual's eligibility using the four 05 most recently completed calendar quarters before the start of the benefit year. 06 (c) The department shall determine an eligible employee's weekly benefit in 07 the same manner as provided in AS 23.20.350(d). The department shall prorate the 08 weekly benefit amount in accordance with AS 23.10.730 for an employee using an 09 intermittent or a reduced leave schedule. 10 (d) The maximum number of weeks for which an eligible employee may take 11 paid parental leave, and for which paid parental leave insurance benefits are payable in 12 a benefit year, is 26 weeks, cumulative. For employees using intermittent leave or a 13 reduced leave schedule, the department shall calculate the cumulative period of weeks 14 used by the employee in accordance with AS 23.10.730. 15 (e) In this section, "benefit year" means a period of 52 consecutive weeks 16 beginning at 12:00 a.m. of the Sunday preceding the day that an eligible employee 17 first files a claim for paid parental leave and, thereafter, the period of 52 consecutive 18 weeks beginning at 12:00 a.m. of the Sunday preceding the day that the insured 19 worker next files the claim after the end of the eligible employee's last preceding 20 benefit year; however, for an eligible employee covered by this subsection, "benefit 21 year" also means a period of 53 weeks if the filing of a claim for paid parental leave 22 would result in overlapping any quarter of the base year of a previously filed request 23 for paid parental leave. 24 Sec. 23.10.730. Intermittent or reduced leave schedule. (a) An eligible 25 employee may choose to take paid parental leave on an intermittent or reduced leave 26 schedule rather than taking the full leave period consecutively. The department shall 27 prorate paid parental leave benefits taken in increments of less than one week. The 28 minimum amount of leave that may be claimed is one day during any claim week. 29 (b) Paid parental leave taken under this section may not result in a reduction of 30 the total amount of leave a covered employee is entitled to take. 31 Sec. 23.10.735. Elective coverage. (a) A self-employed individual may elect 01 coverage under AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795 for an initial period of not less than three 02 years. 03 (b) A self-employed individual who elects coverage is eligible for paid 04 parental leave benefits as soon as the self-employed person meets the requirements 05 under AS 23.10.725. 06 (c) A self-employed individual who has elected coverage may withdraw from 07 coverage within 30 days after the end of the three-year coverage period, or at other 08 times specified by the department in regulation, by submitting written notice to the 09 department. A withdrawal takes effect not sooner than 30 days after the notice is filed. 10 (d) The department shall relieve an individual who has elected coverage under 11 this section from obligations under this section if the individual is no longer self- 12 employed or if the individual no longer works in the state. 13 (e) As a condition of election of coverage, a self-employed individual shall 14 agree to supply any information concerning income that the department considers 15 necessary. 16 Sec. 23.10.740. Coordination of benefits. (a) Leave taken under the paid 17 parental leave program shall run concurrently with leave that also qualifies as leave 18 under 29 U.S.C. 2601 - 2654 (Family and Medical Leave Act) or AS 39.20.500 - 19 39.20.550. 20 (b) An employer may require that payments for paid parental leave under 21 AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795 be made concurrently with, or coordinated with, payments 22 or leave provided under a short-term disability policy or a separate bank of paid time 23 off designated specifically for parental leave under a collective bargaining agreement 24 or employer policy. The employer must provide employees written notice of this 25 requirement. 26 (c) An employee may not be required to use or exhaust any accrued vacation 27 leave, sick leave, or other paid time off before or while receiving paid parental leave 28 benefits under AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795. However, the employee may choose to use 29 accrued vacation leave, sick leave, or other paid time off while receiving paid parental 30 leave benefits under AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795 if the total amount received does not 31 exceed the employee's average weekly earnings. 01 (d) Paid parental leave under AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795 does not relieve an 02 employer from the obligation to comply with more generous terms included in a 03 collective bargaining agreement or employment contract. 04 Sec. 23.10.745. Disqualification. In addition to any other penalty that may 05 apply, an employee may be disqualified from paid parental leave benefits for up to one 06 year if the department determines the employee intentionally made a false statement or 07 misrepresentation of a material fact, or intentionally failed to report a material fact, to 08 obtain paid parental leave. 09 Sec. 23.10.750. Appeals. The department shall establish a process for an 10 employee to appeal a determination by the department regarding a paid parental leave 11 claim within 90 days after receiving notice of the determination. 12 Sec. 23.10.755. Recovery of improper payments. (a) An employee who 13 receives paid parental leave to which the employee is not entitled under AS 23.10.700 14 - 23.10.795 shall repay to the department the amount improperly paid. The department 15 shall deposit the payment in the parental leave fund account established in 16 AS 23.10.705.  17 (b) The department shall promptly prepare and send a notice of determination 18 to the employee at the employee's last address of record, stating that the employee is 19 required to repay the amount of paid parental leave received in error. If the employee 20 does not repay the amount received in error within a reasonable time set by the 21 department, the department shall deduct the amount from future paid parental leave 22 benefits owed to the employee or from the permanent fund dividend of the employee 23 under AS 43.23.140(b)(6). However, the department may waive repayment of all or a 24 portion of the amount of paid parental leave received in error if the department 25 determines that the employee has died or has acted in good faith when claiming and 26 receiving paid parental leave benefits and that requiring repayment would be unfair or 27 inequitable. 28 (c) If the employee has not repaid the paid parental leave benefit or if the 29 amount has not been deducted from future benefits or the permanent fund dividend of 30 the employee within two years after the last day of the year in which payment was 31 made, the commissioner may declare the amount uncollectible. 01 Sec. 23.10.760. Annual report. On or before July 1 of each year, the 02 department shall submit a report to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the 03 house of representatives and notify the legislature that the report is available. The 04 department shall make the report available to the public on the department's Internet 05 website. The report must include 06 (1) the actual and projected number of participants in the program; 07 (2) demographic information on program participants, including 08 occupation and employment type and whether the leave was taken for the birth of a 09 child, adoption of a child, or the placement of a foster child; 10 (3) the average weekly benefit; 11 (4) the average leave duration; 12 (5) the current and projected fund balance; 13 (6) the processing time for initial claims and determinations; 14 (7) the number of claim denials and stated reasons for claim denials; 15 (8) the number of appeals filed and outcomes related to those appeals; 16 (9) the average length of time between application and receipt of 17 benefits; 18 (10) a description of the department's outreach efforts. 19 Sec. 23.10.765. Public education and outreach campaign. The department 20 shall conduct a public education and outreach campaign to educate employees and 21 employers about the availability of paid parental leave. 22 Sec. 23.10.770. Employment protection; health insurance maintenance;  23 enforcement. (a) An eligible employee who takes paid parental leave under 24 AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795 is entitled to return to the position the employee held when 25 the leave began or to be restored to an equivalent position with equivalent seniority, 26 pay, benefits, working hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, 27 including service credits the employee was entitled to at the start of paid parental 28 leave. 29 (b) During any period of qualified paid parental leave, the employer shall 30 maintain the employee's health care benefits on the same terms as before the leave 31 began. The employee shall continue to pay the employee's share of the cost of any 01 health care benefits. 02 (c) An employer may not take or threaten any adverse employment action or 03 discriminate against the employee for applying for or using paid parental leave under 04 AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795. 05 (d) An employer may not take any action that prevents or discourages an 06 employee from taking paid parental leave under AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795, including 07 failing to provide timely and complete information required by the department or 08 reporting or threatening to report suspected citizenship or immigration status of the 09 employee or an employee's family member. 10 (e) An employer may not adopt or enforce a policy that allows paid parental 11 leave taken under AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795 to be considered as an absence that could 12 result in discipline, discharge, demotion, suspension, or any other adverse action 13 against the employee. 14 (f) The department shall establish a complaint process by regulation for an 15 employee who believes the employee's employer violated this section. A complaint 16 must be filed within two years after the violation occurred or the date the employee 17 reasonably should have known about the violation, whichever is later. 18 (g) After granting the employer a reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing, or 19 after the employer acknowledges that a violation occurred, the department may 20 determine whether a violation occurred. If the department determines a violation 21 occurred, the department may order the employer to remedy the violation, which may 22 include 23 (1) granting the requested paid parental leave; 24 (2) providing up to two years of back pay, plus interest; 25 (3) reinstating the employee; 26 (4) paying to the complainant attorney fees allowed under the Alaska 27 Rules of Civil Procedure; 28 (5) other relief the department considers appropriate. 29 (h) After the department issues a final determination, either party may appeal 30 the determination to a court of competent jurisdiction. 31 Sec. 23.10.775. Notice to employees. (a) An employer shall provide written 01 notice to each employee upon hiring, and annually thereafter, of the benefits available 02 under AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795. The notice must include 03 (1) the employee's right to paid parental leave benefits under 04 AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795 and the terms under which the benefits may be used; 05 (2) the amount of paid parental leave available; 06 (3) the procedure for filing a claim for paid parental leave benefits; 07 (4) notice that discrimination and retaliatory personnel actions against 08 the employee for requesting, applying for, or using paid parental leave benefits is 09 prohibited; and 10 (5) notice that the employee has a right to file a complaint for a 11 violation of AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795. 12 (b) Each employer shall display and maintain a poster in a conspicuous place 13 accessible to employees at the employer's place of business that contains the 14 information required by this section in a form approved by the department. 15 Sec. 23.10.780. Child support interception. (a) Notwithstanding any other 16 provision of AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795, an individual filing a new claim for paid 17 parental leave must disclose whether child support obligations are owed by that 18 individual. If the individual discloses that child support obligations are owed and the 19 individual is determined to be eligible for paid parental leave, the department shall 20 notify the child support services agency of the Department of Revenue that the 21 individual has been determined to be eligible for paid parental leave.  22 (b) The department shall, unless the obligor and obligee agree otherwise, 23 deduct and withhold from paid parental leave compensation payable to an individual 24 who owes child support obligations 25 (1) the amount specified by the individual to the department to be 26 deducted and withheld under this subsection, if neither (2) nor (3) of this subsection is 27 applicable; 28 (2) the amount specified in an agreement submitted to the department 29 under 42 U.S.C. 654(19)(B)(i) (sec. 454(19)(B)(i), Social Security Act), by the child 30 support services agency of the Department of Revenue, unless (3) of this subsection is 31 applicable; or 01 (3) any amount required to be deducted and withheld through legal 02 process, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 662(e) (sec. 462(e), Social Security Act), properly 03 served on the department. 04 (c) The department shall pay an amount deducted and withheld under (b) of 05 this section to the child support services agency of the Department of Revenue. 06 (d) An amount deducted and withheld under (b) of this section shall for all 07 purposes be treated as if it were paid to the individual as paid parental leave and paid 08 by that individual to the child support services agency of the Department of Revenue 09 in satisfaction of the individual's child support obligations. 10 (e) This section applies only if appropriate arrangements have been made for 11 reimbursement by the child support services agency of the Department of Revenue for 12 the administrative costs incurred by the department under this section. 13 (f) In this section, "child support obligation" includes only obligations that are 14 being enforced under a plan described in 42 U.S.C. 654 (sec. 454, Social Security 15 Act), which has been approved by the United States Secretary of Health and Human 16 Services under 42 U.S.C. 651-665 (Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act). 17 Sec. 23.10.785. Federal income tax withholding. (a) If the Internal Revenue 18 Service determines that paid parental leave benefits under AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795 19 are subject to federal income tax, when an individual files a new claim for paid 20 parental leave, the department shall advise the individual that 21 (1) paid parental leave compensation benefits are subject to federal 22 income tax; 23 (2) federal requirements exist pertaining to estimated federal tax 24 payments; 25 (3) the individual may elect to have federal income tax deducted and 26 withheld from the individual's payment of paid parental leave at the amount specified 27 in 26 U.S.C. (Internal Revenue Code); and 28 (4) the individual is permitted to change a previously elected status for 29 the withholding of federal income tax. 30 (b) Amounts deducted for federal income taxes and withheld from paid 31 parental leave shall remain in the parental leave fund account established in 01 AS 23.10.705 until transferred to the federal Internal Revenue Service as payment of 02 federal income tax. 03 (c) The department shall comply with legal requirements of the federal 04 Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service regarding the deduction and 05 withholding of federal income tax. 06 Sec. 23.10.795. In AS 23.10.700 - 23.10.795, 07 (1) "employee" means a person in the service of an employer; 08 (2) "employer" has the meaning given in AS 23.20.520; 09 (3) "employment" has the meanings given in AS 23.20.525 and 10 23.20.526. 11  * Sec. 2. AS 23.20.350(d) is amended to read: 12 (d) An individual who is eligible under (a) of this section is entitled to receive 13 the weekly benefit amount set out in column (B) of the table in this subsection that is 14 opposite the amount set out in column (A) of the individual's base period wages 15 determined under (c) of this section: 16 (A) (B) 17 Base Period Wages Weekly Benefit 18 Amount 19 At least But less than 20 0 2,500 $ 0 21 2,500 2,750 56 22 2,750 3,000 58 23 3,000 3,250 60 24 3,250 3,500 62 25 3,500 3,750 64 26 3,750 4,000 66 27 4,000 4,250 68 28 4,250 4,500 70 29 4,500 4,750 72 30 4,750 5,000 74 31 5,000 5,250 76 01 5,250 5,500 78 02 5,500 5,750 80 03 5,750 6,000 82 04 6,000 6,250 84 05 6,250 6,500 86 06 6,500 6,750 88 07 6,750 7,000 90 08 7,000 7,250 92 09 7,250 7,500 94 10 7,500 7,750 96 11 7,750 8,000 98 12 8,000 8,250 100 13 8,250 8,500 102 14 8,500 8,750 104 15 8,750 9,000 106 16 9,000 9,250 108 17 9,250 9,500 110 18 9,500 9,750 112 19 9,750 10,000 114 20 10,000 10,250 116 21 10,250 10,500 118 22 10,500 10,750 120 23 10,750 11,000 122 24 11,000 11,250 124 25 11,250 11,500 126 26 11,500 11,750 128 27 11,750 12,000 130 28 12,000 12,250 132 29 12,250 12,500 134 30 12,500 12,750 136 31 12,750 13,000 138 01 13,000 13,250 140 02 13,250 13,500 142 03 13,500 13,750 144 04 13,750 14,000 146 05 14,000 14,250 148 06 14,250 14,500 150 07 14,500 14,750 152 08 14,750 15,000 154 09 15,000 15,250 156 10 15,250 15,500 158 11 15,500 15,750 160 12 15,750 16,000 162 13 16,000 16,250 164 14 16,250 16,500 166 15 16,500 16,750 168 16 16,750 17,000 170 17 17,000 17,250 172 18 17,250 17,500 174 19 17,500 17,750 176 20 17,750 18,000 178 21 18,000 18,250 180 22 18,250 18,500 182 23 18,500 18,750 184 24 18,750 19,000 186 25 19,000 19,250 188 26 19,250 19,500 190 27 19,500 19,750 192 28 19,750 20,000 194 29 20,000 20,250 196 30 20,250 20,500 198 31 20,500 20,750 200 01 20,750 21,000 202 02 21,000 21,250 204 03 21,250 21,500 207 [206] 04 21,500 21,750 209 [208] 05 21,750 22,000 212 [210] 06 22,000 22,250 214 [212] 07 22,250 22,500 216 [214] 08 22,500 22,750 219 [216] 09 22,750 23,000 221 [218] 10 23,000 23,250 224 [220] 11 23,250 23,500 226 [222] 12 23,500 23,750 228 [224] 13 23,750 24,000 231 [226] 14 24,000 24,250 233 [228] 15 24,250 24,500 236 [230] 16 24,500 24,750 238 [232] 17 24,750 25,000 240 [234] 18 25,000 25,250 243 [236] 19 25,250 25,500 245 [238] 20 25,500 25,750 248 [240] 21 25,750 26,000 250 [242] 22 26,000 26,250 252 [244] 23 26,250 26,500 255 [246] 24 26,500 26,750 257 [248] 25 26,750 27,000 260 [250] 26 27,000 27,250 262 [252] 27 27,250 27,500 264 [254] 28 27,500 27,750 267 [256] 29 27,750 28,000 269 [258] 30 28,000 28,250 272 [260] 31 28,250 28,500 274 [262] 01 28,500 28,750 276 [264] 02 28,750 29,000 279 [266] 03 29,000 29,250 281 [268] 04 29,250 29,500 284 [270] 05 29,500 29,750 286 [272] 06 29,750 30,000 288 [274] 07 30,000 30,250 291 [276] 08 30,250 30,500 293 [278] 09 30,500 30,750 296 [280] 10 30,750 31,000 298 [282] 11 31,000 31,250 300 [284] 12 31,250 31,500 303 [286] 13 31,500 31,750 305 [288] 14 31,750 32,000 308 [290] 15 32,000 32,250 310 [292] 16 32,250 32,500 313 [294] 17 32,500 32,750 315 [296] 18 32,750 33,000 317 [298] 19 33,000 33,250 320 [300] 20 33,250 33,500 322 [302] 21 33,500 33,750 325 [304] 22 33,750 34,000 327 [306] 23 34,000 34,250 329 [308] 24 34,250 34,500 332 [310] 25 34,500 34,750 334 [312] 26 34,750 35,000 337 [314] 27 35,000 35,250 339 [316] 28 35,250 35,500 341 [318] 29 35,500 35,750 344 [320] 30 35,750 36,000 346 [322] 31 36,000 36,250 349 [324] 01 36,250 36,500 351 [326] 02 36,500 36,750 353 [328] 03 36,750 37,000 356 [330] 04 37,000 37,250 358 [332] 05 37,250 37,500 361 [334] 06 37,500 37,750 363 [336] 07 37,750 38,000 365 [338] 08 38,000 38,250 368 [340] 09 38,250 38,500 370 [342] 10 38,500 38,750 373 [344] 11 38,750 39,000 375 [346] 12 39,000 39,250 377 [348] 13 39,250 39,500 380 [350] 14 39,500 39,750 382 [352] 15 39,750 40,000 385 [354] 16 40,000 40,250 387 [356] 17 40,250 40,500 389 [358] 18 40,500 40,750 392 [360] 19 40,750 41,000 394 [362] 20 41,000 41,250 397 [364] 21 41,250 41,500 399 [366] 22 41,500 41,750 401 [368] 23 41,750 42,000 404 [370] 24 42,000 42,250 406 25 42,250 42,500 409 26 42,500 42,750 411  27 42,750 43,000 413  28 43,000 43,250 416  29 43,250 43,500 418  30 43,500 43,750 421  31 43,750 44,000 423  01 44,000 44,250 425  02 44,250 44,500 428  03 44,500 44,750 430  04 44,750 45,000 433  05 45,000 45,250 435  06 45,250 45,500 438  07 45,500 45,750 440  08 45,750 46,000 442  09 46,000 46,250 445  10 46,250 46,500 447  11 46,500 46,750 450  12 46,750 47,000 452  13 47,000 47,250 454  14 47,250 47,500 457  15 47,500 47,750 459  16 47,750 48,000 462  17 48,000 48,250 464  18 48,250 48,500 466  19 48,500 48,750 469  20 48,750 49,000 471  21 49,000 49,250 474  22 49,250 49,500 476  23 49,500 49,750 478  24 49,750 50,000 481  25 50,000 50,250 483  26 50,250 50,500 486  27 50,500 50,750 488  28 50,750 51,000 490  29 51,000 51,250 493  30 51,250 51,500 495  31 51,500 51,750 498  01 51,750 52,000 500  02 52,000 52,250 502  03 52,250 52,500 505  04 52,500 52,750 507  05 52,750 53,000 510  06 53,000 53,250 512  07 53,250 53,500 514  08 53,500 53,750 517  09 53,750 54,000 519  10 54,000 54,250 522  11 54,250 54,500 524  12 54,500 54,750 526  13 54,750 55,000 529  14 55,000 55,250 531  15 55,250 55,500 534  16 55,500 55,750 536  17 55,750 56,000 538  18 56,000 56,250 541  19 56,250 56,500 543  20 56,500 56,750 546  21 56,750 57,000 548  22 57,000 57,250 550  23 57,250 57,500 553  24 57,500 57,750 555  25 57,750 58,000 558  26 58,000 58,250 560  27 58,250 58,500 563  28 58,500 58,750 565  29 58,750 59,000 567  30 59,000 59,250 570  31 59,250 59,500 572  01 59,500 59,750 575  02 59,750 60,000 577  03 60,000 60,250 579  04 60,250 60,500 582  05 60,500 60,750 584  06 60,750 61,000 587  07 61,000 61,250 589  08 61,250 61,500 591  09 61,500 61,750 594  10 61,750 62,000 596  11 62,000 62,250 599  12 62,250 62,500 601  13 62,500 62,750 603  14 62,750 63,000 606  15 63,000 63,250 608  16 63,250 63,500 611  17 63,500 63,750 613  18 63,750 64,000 615  19 64,000 64,250 618  20 64,250 64,500 620  21 64,500 64,750 623  22 64,750 65,000 625  23 65,000 65,250 627  24 65,250 65,500 630  25 65,500 65,750 632  26 65,750 66,000 635  27 66,000 66,250 637  28 66,250 66,500 639  29 66,500 66,750 642  30 66,750 67,000 644  31 67,000 67,250 647  01 67,250 67,500 649  02 67,500 67,750 651  03 67,750 68,000 654  04 68,000 68,250 656  05 68,250 68,500 659  06 68,500 68,750 661  07 68,750 69,000 663  08 69,000 69,250 666  09 69,250 69,500 668  10 69,500 69,750 671  11 69,750 70,000 673  12 70,000 70,250 675 [370]. 13  * Sec. 3. AS 25.27.020(a) is amended to read: 14 (a) The agency shall 15 (1) seek enforcement of child support orders of the state in other 16 jurisdictions and shall obtain, enforce, and administer the orders in this state; 17 (2) adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter and 18 AS 25.25, including regulations that establish 19 (A) procedures for hearings conducted under AS 25.27.170 and 20 for administrative enforcement of support orders; 21 (B) subject to AS 25.27.025 and to federal law, a uniform rate 22 of interest on arrearages of support that shall be charged the obligor upon 23 notice if child support payments are 10 or more days overdue or if payment is 24 made by a check backed by insufficient funds; however, an obligor may not be 25 charged interest on late payment of a child support obligation, other than a 26 payment on arrearages, if the obligor is 27 (i) employed and income is being withheld from the 28 obligor's wages under an income withholding order; 29 (ii) receiving unemployment compensation and child 30 support obligations are being withheld from the obligor's 31 unemployment payments under AS 23.20.401; [OR] 01 (iii) receiving compensation for disabilities under 02 AS 23.30 and child support obligations are being withheld from the 03 obligor's compensation payments; or  04 (iv) receiving paid parental leave under  05 AS 23.10.780 and child support obligations are being withheld  06 from the obligor's compensation payments; 07 (C) procedures for establishing and disestablishing paternity 08 under AS 25.27.165 and 25.27.166, including procedures for hearings; and 09 (D) procedures under which the agency shall enter into 10 contracts or agreements with financial institutions, including brokerage houses, 11 insurance companies, and other companies providing individual investment, 12 transaction, or deposit accounts, doing business in the state to develop and 13 operate an automated data match system as required by 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(17); 14 the agency may pay a reasonable fee to a financial institution for conducting a 15 data match under a contract or agreement under this subparagraph; the fee may 16 not exceed the actual costs incurred by the financial institution for conducting 17 the data match; 18 (3) administer and enforce AS 25.25 (Uniform Interstate Family 19 Support Act); 20 (4) establish, enforce, and administer child support obligations 21 administratively under this chapter; 22 (5) administer the state plan required under 42 U.S.C. 651 - 669 (Title 23 IV-D, Social Security Act) as amended; 24 (6) disburse support payments collected by the agency to the obligee, 25 together with interest charged under (2)(B) of this subsection; 26 (7) establish and enforce administratively under this chapter, or 27 through the superior courts of the state, child support orders from other jurisdictions 28 pertaining to obligors within the state; 29 (8) enforce and administer spousal support orders if a spousal support 30 obligation has been established with respect to the spouse and if the support obligation 31 established with respect to the child of that spouse is also being administered; 01 (9) obtain a medical support order that meets the requirements of 02 AS 25.27.060(c) and 25.27.063; 03 (10) act on behalf of the Department of Health in the enforcement of 04 AS 47.07.025(b); 05 (11) establish or disestablish, administratively under AS 25.27.165 - 06 25.27.166 or through court action, the paternity of a child; 07 (12) promptly provide to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, in a format 08 approved by the bureau, any final agency decision administratively establishing or 09 disestablishing the paternity of a child born in this state; and 10 (13) act as the central registry for all child support orders and exchange 11 information as required by federal law. 12  * Sec. 4. AS 37.05.146(c) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 13 (88) parental leave fund account (AS 23.10.705).