What is the National Medical Support Notice (NMSN)?
The National Medical Support Notice (NMSN) is a two-part notice sent to employers from a child support agency. Its purpose is to ensure that children receive health care coverage when it’s available and required as part of a child support order. Nationally, all child support agencies will have the authority by their state law to issue the standardized form to simplify the work required of employers and plan administrators. Legal requirements can be found in 45 CFR 303.32 and ORS 25.321-343.
The National Medical Support Notice (NMSN) is a two-part notice sent to the individuals employer from the child support agency. This notice is used nationally to ensure that children receive health care coverage when its available and required as a part of a child support order, and to simplify the work required of employers and Health Plan Administrators by providing uniform documents for health care coverage.
• The National Medical Support Notice (NMSN) is a two-part notice sent to employers from a local child support agency. Its purpose is to ensure that children receive health care coverage when it’s available and required as part of a child support order. Employers and health plan administrators are required to complete and comply with the National Medical Support Notice (NMSN) and the accompanying DCSS-0054, Health Insurance Information form sent to the employer. (California Family Code Sections, 3751.5, 3763, 3764, 3766, 3767, 3768, 3769, 3771, and 3773.
The NMSN is a standardized medical child support order that is to be used by state child support enforcement agencies to enforce medical child support obligations whenever a party in a support action is ordered to provide health care insurance for his/her child(ren) and that party is employed or in active military or reserve military duty. The Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services adopted regulations at Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations §2590.609-2 and Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations §303.32 that implement the NMSN provisions of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998.
The NMSN is a medical child support order that state child support enforcement agencies must use to enforce medical child support obligations. The NMSN is used when a parent is ordered to provide health care coverage for his/her child and is employed or in active military or reserve military duty.
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