(a) The Office of Child Support is created within the Department for Children and Families and shall be designated the IV-D agency for purposes of Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act.

(b) The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Human Services subject to section 3054 of this title. (Added 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; amended 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)