Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The OMB 0970-0222, "National Medical
Support Notice" (as referenced in rule
5101:12-57-99
of the Administrative Code), (NMSN) requires the enrollment in health insurance
of the child subject to the child support order and the deduction of premiums
for the cost of the health insurance, when available.
(B) The NMSN contains instructions and two
parts (hereinafter referred to as "Part A" and "Part B").
(1) Part A includes:
(a) The notice to withhold for health care
coverage, which is completed by the child support enforcement agency (CSEA);
and
(b) The employer's response,
which is completed by the employer.
(2) Part B includes:
(a) The medical support notice to the plan
administrator, which is forwarded to the health plan administrator;
and
(b) The plan administrator's
response, which is completed by the health plan administrator.
(C) In accordance with
sections
3119.33
and
3119.34
of the Revised Code and except when excluded as described in paragraph (E) of
this rule, the CSEA shall issue the NMSN to the employer of the health
insurance obligor. The CSEA shall issue the NMSN not later than the business
day after receipt of a new hire match from the national directory of new hires
(NDNH) for the health insurance obligor. In addition, the CSEA shall issue the
NMSN as a result of the discovery of new employment for the health insurance
obligor by the CSEA through a source other than the NDNH.
(D) In accordance with section
3119.35
of the Revised Code, at the same time the CSEA issues the NMSN, the CSEA shall
issue:
(1) The JFS 03377, "Employer/Health
Plan Administrator Health Insurance Verification Request" (effective or revised
effective date as identified in rule
5101:12-57-99
of the Administrative Code), to the employer; and
(2) The JFS 04036, "Notice of Medical Support
Enforcement Activity" (effective or revised effective date as identified in
rule
5101:12-57-99
of the Administrative Code), to the health insurance obligor. When the CSEA
does not have a valid address for the health insurance obligor, the CSEA shall
mail the JFS 04036 to the address of the employer.
(E) The CSEA is not
to issue the NMSN when:
(1) The CSEA has determined the health
insurance obligor is an active member of the military.
(a) The CSEA will verify the child's
enrollment status through the defense enrollment eligibility reporting system
and document the information and the source of the information in the case
record.
(b) When the eligible child
is not enrolled in the health plan, the CSEA will notify the custodial parent
of the need to take the child to a military rapid center for enrollment in the
health plan; or
(2) The
CSEA has determined that the underlying medical support provision to obtain
health care coverage for the child authorizes public health care coverage, and
such coverage is in effect, as ordered.
(3)
The health
insurance obligor is also the child support obligor and the case is an
initiating interstate case.
