§ 20-2-403 — Department of family services; duties of department and custodial parent; rules and regulations

(a) In IV-D cases where the noncustodial parent is
required to provide health care coverage pursuant to a child
support order, and for whom the employer is known, the
department shall enforce the provision of court ordered health
care coverage for dependent children, where appropriate, through
the use of the national medical support notice as provided by
federal or state law, unless alternate coverage is allowed by
any order of the court or tribunal, including:
(i) Cash contributions for health insurance coverage
premiums through the custodial parent's employment;
(ii) Private coverage, unrelated to the noncustodial
parent's employment.
(b) The department shall transfer the national medical
support notice to the employer within two (2) business days
after an employee who is an obligor in a IV-D case is entered in
the state directory of new hires.
(c) The department shall promptly notify the employer when
there is no longer a current order for medical support in effect
for which the department is responsible.
(d) The custodial parent, in consultation with the
department, shall promptly select from available insurance plan
options when the insurance plan administrator reports that there
is more than one (1) option available under the plan, and shall
take into consideration the income withholding of, and costs to,
the obligor.
(e) The department shall, through rules and regulations,
develop procedures to determine when it is appropriate to
utilize the national medical support notice.