ORS 25.329 Actions Required After Service of Medical Support Notice; Rules

• Library: Oregon Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through legislation effective January 1, 2024
• Year: 2023
• Citation: ORS 25.329

When the enforcing agency serves a medical support notice on an employer:

(1) The employer shall comply with the provisions in the medical support notice;

(2) The plan administrator and the employer shall treat the medical support notice as an application by the enforcing agency for health care coverage for the named child under the health benefit plan to the extent an application is required by the plan;

(3) If the providing party named in the medical support notice is not an employee of the employer, or if a health benefit plan is not offered or available to the providing party, the employer shall notify the enforcing agency within 20 business days after the date of the medical support notice;

(4) If a health benefit plan is offered or available to the providing party, the employer shall send the plan administrator's portion of the notice to each appropriate plan administrator within 20 business days after the date of the medical support notice;

(5) Within 40 business days after the date of the medical support notice, the plan administrator shall do all of the following as directed by the notice:

(a) Complete the appropriate portion of the notice and return the portion to the enforcing agency;

(b) If the child is or will be enrolled, notify the parties and furnish the obligee with the information necessary to effectuate coverage and submit claims for benefits;

(c) If the child has been or will be enrolled, provide the enforcing agency with the type of health benefit plan under which the child has been or will be enrolled, including whether dental, optical, office visits and prescription drugs are covered services;