(a) The commission may require an individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation to disclose, at the time of filing the claim, whether or not the individual owes child support obligations as defined under subsection (g), or, pursuant to an agreement between the commission and the state or local child support enforcement agency, the state or local child support enforcement agency must notify the commission whether a particular individual who has filed a new or continued claim for unemployment compensation, at the time of filing the claim, owes child support obligations, or if the state or local child support enforcement agency advises the commission that the individual owes child support obligations and the individual is determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation, the commission must notify the state or local child support enforcement agency enforcing the obligations that the individual has been determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation.
(b) The commission must deduct and withhold from any unemployment compensation payable to an individual who owes child support obligations as defined under subsection (g):
(1) The amount specified by the individual to the commission to be deducted and withheld under this section, if neither (2) nor (3) of this subsection (b) is applicable;
(2) The amount, if any, determined pursuant to an agreement submitted to the commission under Section 454 (20)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act by the state or local child support enforcement agency unless (3) is applicable; or
(3) Any amount otherwise required to be deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation pursuant to legal process, as that term is defined in Section 462(e) of the Social Security Act properly served upon the commission.
(c) Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection (b) must be paid by the commission to the appropriate state or local child support enforcement agency.
(d) Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection (b) must for all purposes be treated as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment compensation and paid by the individual to the state or local child support enforcement agency in satisfaction of the individual's child support obligations.
(e) For purposes of subsections (a) through (d), the term "unemployment compensation" means any compensation payable under this act, including amounts payable by the commission pursuant to an agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to unemployment.
(f) This section applies only if appropriate arrangements have been made for reimbursement by the state or local child support enforcement agency for the administrative costs incurred by the commission under this section which are attributable to child support obligations being enforced by the state or local child support enforcement agency.
(g) The term "child support obligations" is defined for purposes of these provisions as including only obligations which are being enforced pursuant to a plan described in Section 454 of the Social Security Act which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act.
(h) The term "state or local child support enforcement agency" as used in these provisions means any agency of this State or a political subdivision of this State operating pursuant to a plan described in subsection (g).
(i) This section is effective for all weeks commencing on or after October 1, 1982.