Alaska Administrative Code › Title 15 - Revenue › Chapter 125 - Child Support Enforcement › Article 5 - Administrative Enforcement - General › 15 AAC 125.426 - Notice to employer to withhold for health care coverage

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				provided in
				15 AAC 125.428, if the agency is
				enforcing a support order that requires a parent to provide health care
				coverage for the children, the agency will send to the parent's employer a
				notice to withhold for health care coverage. The notice will be sent by first
				class mail or by electronic means, within two business days after the entry of
				the parent in the state directory of new hires under
				AS
				25.27.075 or within 10 business days after
				the agency learns of the identity of the parent's employer through sources
				other than the state directory of new hires. Notice will not be sent under this
				section if the agency has made a finding of the existence and availability of
				alternative coverage under
				15 AAC 125.427(f).
(b) If the support order requires a parent to
				provide health care coverage for the children but does not specify which parent
				is to provide the coverage, or if both parents have coverage available to them
				through an employment-related group health plan, the agency will send the
				notice under (a) of this section to the non-custodial parent's
				employer.
(c) To the extent
				required by federal law, the agency will use the standard forms promulgated
				under 42 U.S.C.
				666(a)(19) for providing
				notice to the employer under (a) of this section.
(d) If health care coverage is available for
				the employee's children, the employer shall transfer the notice sent under (a)
				of this section to the appropriate group health plan within 20 business days
				after the date the notice is sent to the employer. Subject to the withholding
				priorities in
				15 AAC 125.570 -
				15 AAC 125.572, the employer shall
				withhold from the employee's income the employee contribution necessary for
				coverage of the children and send any amount withheld directly to the
				appropriate group health plan, as required by the plan. If health care coverage
				is not available, the employer shall notify the agency within 20 days after the
				notice was sent by completing and returning the forms provided by the
				agency.
(e) The agency will
				promptly notify the employer when the agency is no longer enforcing a medical
				support order for the children.
(f)
				An employer who has received a notice under (a) of this section shall provide
				the agency with the policy name and number of any group health plan that
				provides coverage for the children and the name of each individual covered by
				the policy. The employer shall provide this information to the agency by
				completing and returning the forms provided by the agency within 14 days after
				the notice is sent to the employer under (a) of this section.
(g) The employer shall notify the agency
				within 20 days after a change occurs in the required health care coverage or a
				change occurs in the parent's employment that may affect the health care
				coverage available for the children.
(h) A notice issued under (a) of this section
				remains effective until the
(1) support
				obligation has terminated as provided in
				15 AAC 125.873;
(2) medical support order upon which the
				notice was based is terminated or modified by subsequent order issued by a
				tribunal of competent jurisdiction;
(3) agency sends the employer a notice
				terminating the notice issued under (a) of this section; or
(4) employer has terminated the obligor's
				employment and at least three years have elapsed since that termination without
				reemployment of the obligor.