Title 46 — Domestic Relations.
8 chapters · 260 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 46-251.02 Use of medical support notice; IV-D agency
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(a) In cases being enforced pursuant to Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), where a parent is required by a support order to provide health insurance coverage for a child, which is available through the…
D.C. Code § 46-251.03 Medical support notice; contents; effect
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(a) A medical support notice shall be issued in a format consistent with federal requirements and shall contain all information required by federal law. A medical support notice shall: (1) Conform with the requirements applicable to medical child support orders under section 609(…
D.C. Code § 46-251.04 Duties of the employer
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(a) Upon receipt of a medical support notice, an employer shall, within 20 business days after the date of the medical support notice: (1) Determine whether health insurance coverage is available to the child included in the medical support notice based on the parent’s employment…
D.C. Code § 46-251.05 Duties of the health insurer
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(a) Upon receipt of a medical support notice from an employer, a health insurer shall, within 40 business days after the date of the notice: (1) Determine whether the medical support notice contains: (A) The employee’s name and mailing address; and (B) The name of the child to be…
D.C. Code § 46-251.06 Selection of a health insurance coverage option
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(a) Upon receipt of notice from a health insurer that more than one health insurance coverage option is available for a child included in a medical support notice, the IV-D agency shall select an available option in consultation with the child’s custodian. (b) In selecting an opt…
D.C. Code § 46-251.07 Withholding for health insurance coverage
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(a) When an employer receives notice from a health insurer that a child has been enrolled in health insurance coverage pursuant to a medical support notice or a support order requiring a parent to provide health insurance coverage, the employer shall: (1) Withhold from the employ…
D.C. Code § 46-251.08 Priority of withholding for employee contributions to health insurance coverage
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(a) If there are insufficient funds available within the limits of section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved May 29, 1968 (82 Stat. 163; 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b)), to meet the employee’s contribution necessary for the coverage of each child included in a support o…
D.C. Code § 46-251.09 Liability for contributions to health insurance coverage; objections to withholding
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(a) An employee is liable for employee contributions required to enroll a child in health insurance coverage pursuant to a medical support notice or a support order, except that an employee may contest a withholding for employee contributions for health insurance coverage based o…
D.C. Code § 46-251.10 Sanctions; limitations on liability
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(a) An employer shall not discharge, refuse to employ, or take disciplinary action against a parent or employee based on the parent or employee’s obligation to provide health insurance coverage for a child under a medical support notice or a support order. (b) There shall be a re…