Ohio Code 3119.36 – Employer’s action upon receiving national medical support notice
On receipt of a national medical support notice sent pursuant to section 3119.33 or section 3119.34 of the Revised Code, an employer shall do one of the following not later than twenty business days after the date specified in the notice:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3119.36
- child support enforcement agency: means a child support enforcement agency designated under former section 2301. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- Income: means either of the following:
(a) For a parent who is employed to full capacity, the gross income of the parent;
(b) For a parent who is unemployed or underemployed, the sum of the gross income of the parent and any potential income of the parent. See Ohio Code 3119.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) If the person named in the national medical support notice is a current employee and health insurance coverage of the children is available through the employer, complete and comply with the notice in accordance with its instructions, federal regulations, and any rules adopted by the department of job and family services under section 3119.51 of the Revised Code and send the appropriate portion of the notice to the health plan administrator;
(B) If the person named in the notice is not a current employee, health insurance coverage of the children is not available through the employer, or the employer determines that coverage of the children would cause the total amount of income withholding and health insurance contributions from the person’s income to exceed the maximum amount permitted under section 303(b) of the “Consumer Credit Protection Act,” 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b), complete the notice in accordance with its instructions, federal regulations, and any rules adopted by the department of job and family services under section 3119.51 of the Revised Code and return the completed notice to the child support enforcement agency.