(a)As used in this act:
(i)"Department" means the department of family
services;
(ii)"Employer" means any person who owes income to
an obligor, including but not limited to, the United States
government, a state government, any unit of local government and
any school district;
(iii)"IV-D agency" means the department of family
services or any other state's IV-D agency as defined by that
state;
(iv)"IV-D case" means a case with respect to a child
in which support enforcement services are provided in accordance
with Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act by the child
support enforcement unit of the department to a custodian of a
child who is a recipient of services under title 42, chapters 1,
2 or 4, of the Wyoming statutes, or is a recipient of Title IV-E
foster care. The term al
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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Department" means the department of family
services;
(ii) "Employer" means any person who owes income to
an obligor, including but not limited to, the United States
government, a state government, any unit of local government and
any school district;
(iii) "IV-D agency" means the department of family
services or any other state's IV-D agency as defined by that
state;
(iv) "IV-D case" means a case with respect to a child
in which support enforcement services are provided in accordance
with Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act by the child
support enforcement unit of the department to a custodian of a
child who is a recipient of services under title 42, chapters 1,
2 or 4, of the Wyoming statutes, or is a recipient of Title IV-E
foster care. The term also includes any case in which a parent
or custodian of a child applies to the child support enforcement
unit of the department for support enforcement services and pays
a fee for such services;
(v) "Medical child support order" means an order,
judgment or decree, including the approval of a settlement
agreement, issued by a court or tribunal, requiring a parent to
provide health care coverage for a child and which may require a
payor to enroll the child in a health care benefit plan;
(vi) "Mistake of fact" means an error in the amount
of current support or arrearages, in the identity of the obligor
or that the order of support does not exist or has been vacated;
(vii) "National medical support notice" means the
federally approved national medical support notice used to
enforce the provision of health care coverage in IV-D cases for
children of noncustodial parents who are required to provide
health care coverage through an employment-related group health
plan in accordance with a child support order;
(viii) "Obligor" means a person who owes a duty of
support for a child;
(ix) "Payor" means any employer or other person who
pays income to an obligor and who has or provides health care
coverage to employees;
(x) "Title IV-D" means Title IV-D of the federal
Social Security Act which established the federal child support
enforcement program;
(xi) "Accessible" means the health care insurance
plan is available and provides coverage for the child residing
within the geographic area covered by the insurance plan;
(xii) "Cash medical support" means any child support
order calculated pursuant to article 3 of this chapter, or an
amount ordered to be paid toward the cost of health care
coverage provided by another parent through the parent's
employer or otherwise, or for other medical costs not covered by
insurance;
(xiii) "Reasonable cost" means the cost to provide
health care coverage or to provide cash medical support for
children at no more than five percent (5%) of the providing
party's income, as defined in W.S. 20-2-303(a)(ii);
(xiv) "This act" means W.S. 20-2-401 through