D.C. Code § 46-251.09 - Liability for contributions to health insurance coverage; objections to withholding

• Cite as: D.C. Code § 46-251.09

(a) An employee is liable for employee contributions required to enroll a child in health insurance coverage pursuant to a medical support notice or a support order, except that an employee may contest a withholding for employee contributions for health insurance coverage based on a mistake of fact.

(b) An employee may contest a withholding for employee contributions for health insurance coverage by filing a motion to quash the withholding with the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, with service upon the IV-D agency if the withholding was commenced pursuant to a medical support notice. The employee shall file the motion within 15 days after the date the first employee contributions for health insurance coverage are withheld from the employee's earnings.

(c) The only grounds for contesting a withholding based on a mistake of fact under this section are:

(1) The identity of the employee;

(2) The accuracy of the amount of the employee contributions withheld to enroll the child in the health insurance coverage;