Section 552.626b - Order or notice for dependent health care coverage; requirements. - Michigan Statutes

SUPPORT AND PARENTING TIME ENFORCEMENT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 295 of 1982

552.626b Order or notice for dependent health care coverage; requirements.

Sec. 26b.

(1) An order or notice for dependent health care coverage entered under this act shall include the information required in a qualified medical child support order as specified in 29 USC 1169, if the health care coverage plan of the individual who is responsible for providing a child with health care coverage is subject to the employee retirement income security act of 1974, Public Law 93-406, and shall comply with standards of the national medical support notice as required to meet federal law and regulations.

(2) An order or notice of an order for dependent health care coverage served on an employer shall direct the employer to withhold from the employee's income the employee's share, if any, of premiums for dependent health care coverage and pay that amount to the insurer or plan administrator. The order or notice shall also direct that the amount withheld for support, fees, and health care premiums shall not exceed 50% of the employee's disposable earnings as that term is defined in 15 USC 1672.

(3) An order or notice of an order for dependent health care coverage under this section may be combined with or accompany an order or notice of income withholding under section 9.

History: Add. 1995, Act 236, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 334, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 1998 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 106, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 193, Eff. Mar. 28, 2010