CHAPTER 21 HOUSE BILL No. 2050 An  Act concerning employment; relating to reports concerning newly hired employees;
amending K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 75-5742 and 75-5743 and repealing the existing sections. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

      Section  1. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 75-5742 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 75-5742. (a) The department of human resources is hereby des-
ignated as the agency to collect the new hires information required by
the personal responsibility and work opportunity act of 1996. Such infor-
mation shall be reported on the current employer quarterly report of
wages filed pursuant to K.S.A. 44-710, and amendments thereto, which
became effective on January 1, 1937. Such information shall include the
newly hired employee's address during the quarter such employee was
hired. The secretary of human resources shall contract with the secretary
of social and rehabilitation services to provide the information needed to
be in compliance with the personal responsibility and work opportunity
act of 1996.

      (b) The state directory of new hires shall receive, retain and, to the
extent permitted by federal law, make information reported to the direc-
tory available pursuant to subsection (c).

      (c) Except as otherwise permitted by federal law, any agency receiv-
ing information from the state directory of new hires shall handle the
information as confidential information for use in administering the pro-
grams for which it was received. The state directory of new hires shall
make information available:

      (1) Upon implementation of the national directory of new hires, to
the national directory; and

      (2) to the secretary of social and rehabilitation services for use in
administering an eligibility verification system and, not later than May 1,
1998, the title IV-D program.

      (d) Any employer who reports electronically or magnetically and is
required to report newly hired employees to more than one state may
elect to transmit all such reports to one state by complying with the
requirements of title IV-D.

      (e) Beginning July 1, 1999, the secretary of human resources shall
annually delete information about individuals contained in the new hires
directory if the information is at least two years old. Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed as requiring the secretary of human resources
to delete information needed to administer the employment security or
workers compensation programs.

      Sec.  2. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 75-5743 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 75-5743. (a) All employers and labor organizations doing business
in this state who are required by the United States government to have
all new employees fill out an I-9 form shall attach an additional form to
such I-9 form asking ``Are you currently or have you been ordered to pay
child support pursuant to a court order?'' All such employers and labor
organizations shall require new employees to answer this question, under
penalty of perjury, and have such statement signed and notarized.

      (b) If the employee answers in the affirmative to such question, the
employer or labor organization shall submit such statement information
concerning each new employee to the secretary of human resources within
20 days of the hiring, rehiring or return to work of the employee or within
20 days from the date the employee first receives wages or other com-
pensation from the employer to the secretary of human resources. The
statement information shall also contain include the employee's name,
address and social security number and the employer's name, address and
federal tax identification number.

      (c) (b) The department of social and rehabilitation services shall have
access to such statements information to match the employee's social
security number with title IV-D cases. 
Sec.  3. K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 75-5742 and 75-5743 are hereby repealed.
 Sec.  4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.

Approved March 23, 1999.
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