76872563.2-1946Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Welfare (social Services)Administrative Child SupportChild Support EnforcementAdministrative RemediesVirginia New Hire Reporting Center; State Directory of New Hires; reporting by employers1998, c. 108, § 63.1-274.11; 2002, c. 747; 2013, c. 329.http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/63.2-1946/60.2-212Employment/60.2-212//63.2-1946/63.2/V/19/8/63.2-194660.2-114The Virginia New Hire Reporting Center shall be operated under the authority of the Division of Child Support Enforcement. The Center shall operate and maintain the Virginia State Directory of New Hires. The Center is authorized to share information with the Virginia Employment Commission.sectionAA1Each employing unit shall submit information concerning each newly hired employee, as defined in subsection H, to the Center within 20 days of the employment, as defined in § 60.2-212, of the newly hired employee. The information shall include the items required by § 453A of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 653a, as amended.sectionBB1Employers who transmit such reports magnetically or electronically shall, if necessary, report by two monthly transmissions not less than 12 days nor more than 16 days apart. Employers that have employees who are employed in two or more states and that transmit reports magnetically or electronically may comply by designating one state in which such employer has employees to which the employer will transmit the report and transmitting such report to such state. Such employers shall notify the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services in writing as to which state is designated for the purpose of sending reports and shall provide a copy of that notification to the Virginia New Hire Reporting Center.sectionCC1Employers shall not report an employee of a state agency performing intelligence or counterintelligence functions, if the head of such agency has determined that such reporting could endanger the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission.sectionDD1The Division of Child Support Enforcement shall use information received pursuant to this section to locate individuals for purposes of establishing paternity and establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support obligations, and may disclose such information in accordance with existing law to carry out such purposes. The Division shall have access to information reported by employers pursuant to this section.sectionFF1The Board shall have the authority to adopt regulations as necessary, consistent with the federal law and its implementing regulations, to administer this provision, including any exemptions and waivers which are needed to reduce unnecessary or burdensome reporting.sectionGG1