For the purposes of this article: (1) "Appropriate health insurance coverage" means insurance coverage that is reasonable in cost, comprehensive in nature and reasonably accessible to the child to be covered.
In every action to establish or modify an order which requires the payment of child support, the court shall ascertain the ability of each parent to provide medical care for the children of the parties. In any temporary or final order establishing an award of child support or any temporary or final order modifying a […]
The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement or the parties to the case may bring a petition to modify the medical support obligations upon notification of any new source of insurance coverage or any change in circumstances as set forth in section one hundred six, article fourteen of this chapter.
(a) All child support orders which include a provision for health care coverage of a child shall be enforced, where appropriate, through the use of the national medical support notice, as set forth in 42 U.S.C. §666 (a)(19) and 29 U.S.C. §1169 (a)(5)(C) et seq. (b) Unless alternative coverage is permitted in any order by […]
Within twenty business days after the date of receipt of the national medical support notice, the employer shall transfer the notice, excluding the severable employer withholding notice described in section 401 (b)(2)(C) of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998, to the appropriate plan providing any health care coverage for which the child […]
In any case in which the parent is a newly hired employee who is reported to the state directory of new hires pursuant to section 18-125 of this chapter, and if the Bureau for Child Support enforcement is currently providing services for this case, the agency shall issue, where appropriate, the national medical support notice, […]
In any case in which the employment of the parent with any employer who received a national medical support notice is terminated, the employer is required to notify the IV-D agency of the termination, within fourteen days of the termination, and shall provide the Bureau for Child Support enforcement with the obligor's last known address […]
Any liability a parent may have for employee contributions required under the plan for enrollment of the child is subject to appropriate enforcement unless the parent contests the enforcement based upon a mistake of fact, except that if enforcement of both the full amount of cash child support and the full amount of medical support […]
Within forty business days after the date of the national medical support notice, the plan administrator shall provide to the custodial parent a description of the coverage available and any forms or documents, including an insurance enrollment card, to effectuate the coverage.
Within forty days of receipt of a national medical support notice, the obligated parent's employer, multiemployer trust or union shall notify the IV-D agency with respect to whether coverage for the child is available, and if so, whether the child is covered under the plan, the effective date of the coverage and the name of […]
(a) Upon service of the national medical support notice requiring insurance coverage for the children, the employer, multiemployer trust or union shall enroll the child as a beneficiary in the group insurance plan and withhold any required premium from the obligated parent's income or wages, unless the child is already enrolled in this plan. (b) […]
(a) Where a parent is required by a court or administrative order to provide health coverage, which is available through an employer doing business in this state, the employer is required: (1) To permit the parent to enroll under family coverage any child who is otherwise eligible for coverage without regard to any enrollment season […]
(a) The signature of the custodian for the child shall constitute a valid authorization to the insurer for the purposes of processing an insurance payment to the provider of medical care for the child. (b) No insurer, employer or multiemployer trust in this state may refuse to honor a claim for a covered service when […]
Where an obligated parent changes employment and the new employer provides the obligated parent's health care coverage, the Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall transfer to the new employer notice of the obligated parent's duty to provide health care coverage by use of the national medical support notice.
When an order for insurance coverage for a child pursuant to this article is in effect and the obligated parent's employment is terminated or the insurance coverage for the child is denied, modified or terminated, the insurer shall in addition to complying with the requirements of article sixteen-a, chapter thirty-three of this code, within ten […]
(a) A child of an obligated parent shall remain eligible for insurance coverage until the child is emancipated or until the insurer under the terms of the applicable insurance policy terminates said child from coverage, whichever is later in time, or until further order of the court. (b) If the obligated parent fails to comply […]
Provisions of this article which require the use of the national medical support notice are not mandatory until April 1, 2002.
For the failure of any employer, multiemployer trust or employee's union to comply with the requirements of this article the Bureau for Child Support enforcement may assess a civil penalty of not more than $100. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the employer, multiemployer trust or the employee's union wilfully failed to comply […]
