N.J.S. § 2A:17-56.11a - Responsibilities of employer relative to medical support of employee's child

• Cite as: N.J.S. § 2A:17-56.11a

When an obligor is eligible for health benefits plan coverage which includes dependents and is available through an employer in this State, and the obligor is required by a court or administrative order to provide medical support coverage for his child, the employer who is the payor shall:

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(1) the obligor provides the payor with satisfactory written evidence that the court or administrative order is no longer in effect, or the child is or will be enrolled in a comparable health benefits plan whose coverage will be effective on the date of the termination of coverage, or