HB 1184

CHAPTER 56

HB 1184-FN - FINAL VERSION

AN ACT permitting the department of health and human services to use the National Medical Support Notice.

SPONSORS: Rep. Wallner, Merr 24; Rep. Emerton, Hills 7

This bill allows the department of health and human services to use the National Medical Support Notice to inform an employer of an employee's court-ordered obligation to provide his or her child with health care coverage. The bill also makes technical changes to the criteria for a child's enrollment in family health coverage.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

AN ACT permitting the department of health and human services to use the National Medical Support Notice.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

56:1 New Paragraph; Medical Child Support; Definitions; National Medical Support Notice Added. Amend RSA 161-H:1 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VI-a. "National Medical Support Notice" means a notice conforming to section 401(b) of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998, and implementing federal regulations.

56:2 Medical Child Support; Enrollment in Family Health Coverage. Amend RSA 161-H:2, II(b) to read as follows:

(b) If such a parent is [~~enrolled~~] eligible to enroll for family health care coverage but fails to make application to obtain coverage of such child, allow the child to be enrolled by the other parent or by the department of health and human services.

56:3 Medical Child Support; Enrollment in Family Health Coverage. Amend RSA 161-H:2, III(b) to read as follows:

(b) If a parent is [~~enrolled~~] eligible to enroll for family health care coverage but fails to make application to obtain coverage of the child, allow enrollment of the child under the family coverage upon application by the child's other parent or the department of health and human services.

56:4 Medical Child Support; Enrollment in Family Health Coverage. Amend RSA 161-H:2, III(d) to read as follows:

(d) Withhold from the employee's wages the employee's share, if any, of premiums for health coverage, except that the amount withheld shall not exceed the maximum permitted under section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, and rules of the commissioner of the department relative to prioritization of withholding between child support and health coverage and pay that share of premiums to the insurer.

(e) Notify the department within 15 days of the employee's termination of employment, and provide the employee's last known address and the name and address of the present employer, if known.

56:5 New Paragraph; Medical Child Support; Enrollment in Family Health Coverage; Use of National Medical Support Notice. Amend RSA 161-H:2 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

III-a. The department shall use the National Medical Support Notice to notify employers of a court or administrative order to provide health care coverage to a child of an employee whenever the department is responsible for enforcing the medical child support order, unless the order stipulates alternative health care coverage to employment-related health care coverage; and the National Medical Support Notice shall be deemed to be an application to enroll the child in the employment-related health care coverage.