§ 596. Claim filing, registration, and reporting. 1. Claim filing and\ncertification to unemployment. A claimant shall file a claim for\nbenefits in such manner as the commissioner shall prescribe. The\nclaimant shall disclose whether he or she owes child support\nobligations, as hereafter defined. If a claimant making such disclosure\nis eligible for benefits, the commissioner shall notify the state or\nlocal child support enforcement agency, as hereafter defined, that the\nclaimant is eligible.\n A claimant shall correctly report any weeks of employment and any\ncompensation received for such employment, including employment not\nsubject to this article, and the weeks during which he or she was\ntotally unemployed or partially unemployed and shall make such reports\nin accordance with such regulations as the commissioner shall prescribe.\n 2. Child support obligations. (a) The term "child support obligations"\nmeans obligations enforced pursuant to an approved plan under section\nfour hundred fifty-four of the federal social security act. The term\n"state or local child support enforcement agency" means any agency of\nthe state or a political subdivision thereof operating pursuant to such\na plan.\n (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section five hundred ninety-five\nof this article, the commissioner shall deduct and withhold child\nsupport obligations from benefits payable to a claimant (including\namounts payable by the commissioner pursuant to an agreement under any\nfederal law providing for compensation, assistance, or allowances with\nrespect to unemployment) in the amount specified by the claimant, the\namount determined pursuant to an agreement between the claimant and the\nstate or local child support enforcement agency submitted to the\ncommissioner, or the amount required to be deducted and withheld through\nlegal process, whichever amount is the greatest. Such amount shall be\npaid to the appropriate state or local child support enforcement agency,\nand shall be treated for all purposes as if paid to the claimant as\nbenefits and paid by the claimant to such agency in satisfaction of the\nclaimant's child support obligations. Each such agency shall reimburse\nthe commissioner for the administrative costs attributable to child\nsupport obligations being enforced by the commissioner.\n 3. Uncollected overissuance of food stamps. (a) The term "uncollected\noverissuance of food stamps" has the meaning prescribed in section\nthirteen (c)(1) of the federal food stamp act of 1977. The term\n"appropriate state food stamp agency" means any agency of the state or a\npolitical subdivision thereof enforcing the collection of such\noverissuance.\n (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section five hundred ninety-five\nof this article, the commissioner shall deduct and withhold uncollected\nover issuances of food stamps from benefits payable to a claimant\npursuant to section thirteen (c)(3) of the federal food stamp act of\n1977; provided, however, that no agreement pursuant to this section\nshall reduce benefits by an amount in excess of the greater of ten\npercent of the weekly benefit amount or ten dollars, unless claimant\nspecifically requests, in writing, to reduce benefits by a greater\namount. Any amount deducted and withheld under this subdivision shall be\npaid to the appropriate state food stamp agency, and shall be treated\nfor all purposes as if paid to the claimant as benefits and as if paid\nby the claimant to such agency in satisfaction of claimant's over\nissuance of food stamps coupons. To the extent permitted by federal law,\nthe procedures for correcting overpayments shall be designed to minimize\nadverse impact on the claimant, and to the extent possible, avoid undue\nhardship.\n (c) Each such agency shall reimburse the commissioner for the\nadministrative costs incurred under this subdivision in a manner\nconsistent with a memorandum of understanding as approved by the\ndirector of the division
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