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As a starting point, those who are interested in this issue should review the South Carolina New Hire Reporting Form and The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). However, the long and the short of this issue is that The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act mandates that all states which receive certain federal funds both set up a New Hire Reporting Registry and require that all employers—with limited exceptions--report new hires to the state Child Support Enforcement agency. South Carolina has created the requisite forms, but apparently remains the only state that does not require mandatory reporting of new hires.

State Senator Rose’s Bill was apparently an attempt to correct this problem so that South Carolina could continue to receive federal funding. Unfortunately, the Bill's defeat in the South Carolina Senate places South Carolina at risk of losing approximately $80,000,000 in yearly federal funding.