Understanding Employer Responsibilities for Court-Ordered Health Coverage
Hello, my name is Dillan Savage of Wirth Law Office – Oklahoma City. Today we are going to be discussing the obligations and requirements of your employer in their actions whenever you, as an individual, are ordered by the district court or the administrative court to provide health insurance for your minor children by a child custody court order.
If you are employed and have access to employee health care, and you have been ordered by the court to provide health care through your employer for your minor children, there are several obligations placed on your employer by law. This is codified in Title 43, Section 118.2, which is titled employer-sponsored health care coverage.
Immediate Enrollment Obligations
If you are ordered to place your child on health care, your employer must immediately allow you to enroll your child in your health care plan, of course at your cost. This holds true even if it is not normally the enrollment period for your child. The court’s order and this law take precedence, meaning that you can take action and enroll your child in your employee health care without delay.
Additionally, there are other protections outlined in the statute. Your employer cannot disenroll or eliminate your child from that health care unless they receive satisfactory evidence proving that the court order requiring you to provide that health care is no longer necessary. This is crucial to ensure your child’s coverage remains intact.
Protections Against Disenrollment
Moreover, your employer can only disenroll your child if the child will be enrolled in comparable coverage that takes effect no later than the effective date of the disenrollment. Alternatively, they can only eliminate coverage if the employer has stopped offering family coverage for all employees. Otherwise, your child will remain covered under your employer-sponsored health care plan.
In summary, if you are ordered by the court to provide your child with employer-covered health care, your employer is obligated to allow you to do so immediately. If you found this information helpful or believe it can assist someone else, please visit theoklahomacityattorney.com.
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