Orders for Medical Support & Health Insurance

Under current law, every new child support order must include a provision for medical support. Medical support may be provided in one of several ways. The court could order:

1. the parent to pay an additional amount to help cover the costs of his or her child's medical expenses
2. that the child be enrolled in the parent's health insurance plan offered by his or her employer

Confidentiality

Note: The information in the National Medical Support Notice about the custodial parent and the children is confidential and should not be shared or disclosed to the noncustodial parent.

Orders to Pay an Additional Amount

The court order might require that the parent (your employee) pay an additional amount of support to cover all or a share of the premiums charged to the other parent, or to pay medical costs not covered by insurance.

In this case, the court-ordered amount would be listed on the income withholding notice, and will be included in the employee’s overall child support obligation to be withheld from his or her income.

Fees

You may not charge a fee for sending an insurance premium payment to the appropriate health care provider.

 

 

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