Cash Medical and Health Insurance
Laws Regarding Health Insurance and Medical Support Changed in 2008 and 2019
What OCSS is Required To Do:
OCSS must, by federal law:
- Identify who is ordered to carry insurance and/or pay cash medical support.
- Verify health insurance enrollment by the party ordered to carry coverage.
- Enforce medical support orders.
Orders Established or Modified Since September 2008
All new or modified orders must include:
- The name of the party or parties responsible for carrying health insurance.
- A cash medical support amount to be paid in addition to the child support amount ordered.
Orders Established or Last Modified Before March 28, 2019
- Cash medical support is only charged when insurance coverage is not being provided.
- If neither parent has access to reasonable cost insurance coverage, both parties are required to notify OCSS if it becomes available to them.
Orders Established or Modified On or After March 28, 2019
Cash Medical Support
- Cash medical support will always be charged
Who Must Provide Health Insurance?
The custodial parent will be ordered to provide coverage unless:
- The non-custodial parent already has reasonable cost coverage or has access to it
- The non-custodial parent has coverage in place, even if not reasonable in cost, and elects to provide coverage
- The custodial parent is a caretaker or agency
If No One Has Access to Affordable Coverage
- The custodial parent must obtain coverage within 30 days of it becoming available to them
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Need Help?
Please contact OCSS to verify your specific order information.