New Jersey Statutes 2A:17-56.11a. Responsibilities of employer relative to medical support of employee’s child
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:17-56.11a
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. Permit the obligor to enroll his child under the health benefits plan as a dependent, without regard to any enrollment season restrictions;
b. Permit the child’s other parent, or the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services as the State Medicaid agency or the Division of Family Development as the State IV-D agency, in the Department of Human Services, to enroll the child under the health benefits plan if the obligor, who is the covered person, fails to enroll the child;
c. Not terminate coverage of the child unless:
(1) the obligor provides the payor with satisfactory written evidence that the court or administrative order is no longer in effect, or the child is or will be enrolled in a comparable health benefits plan whose coverage will be effective on the date of the termination of coverage, or
(2) the payor is no longer providing or making available to its employees health benefits plan coverage which includes dependents; and
d. Withhold from the obligor’s compensation the obligor’s share, if any, of premiums for health benefits plan coverage for the obligor and the obligor’s dependent and pay the withheld amount to the health benefits plan carrier or administrator, as appropriate, subject to federal regulations. The amount withheld shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted to be withheld under section 303(b) of the federal “Consumer Credit Protection Act,” 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b).
L.1995,c.287,s.1.