Tex.
Fam. Code Section 154.186
Notice to Employer Concerning Medical Support or Dental Support
(a)
The obligee, obligor, or a child support agency of this state or another state may send to the employer a copy of the order requiring an employee to provide health insurance coverage or dental insurance coverage for a child or may include notice of the medical support order or dental support order in an order or writ of withholding sent to the employer in accordance with Chapter 158 (Withholding from Earnings for Child Support).(b)
In an appropriate Title IV-D case, the Title IV-D agency of this state or another state shall send to the employer the national medical support notice required under Part D, Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq.), as amended. The notice may be used in any other suit in which an obligor is ordered to provide health insurance coverage for a child.(c)
The Title IV-D agency by rule shall establish procedures consistent with federal law for use of the national medical support notice and may prescribe forms for the efficient use of the notice. The agency shall provide the notice and forms, on request, to obligees, obligors, domestic relations offices, friends of the court, and attorneys.
Source:
Section 154.186 — Notice to Employer Concerning Medical Support or Dental Support, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.154.htm#154.186 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
