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12-15-29-10. Employer sponsored health insurance to include coverage for child

IN Code § 12-15-29-10 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 10. (a) IC 27-8-23 and IC 31-16-15 apply to this section.

(b) This section does not apply if an employer has eliminated family health coverage for all of its employees.

(c) Whenever a parent is required by a court or an administrative order to provide health coverage for a child and the parent is eligible for family health coverage through an employer doing business in Indiana, the employer shall provide family health coverage to the child in the manner described under IC 27-8-23-6 and in the notice under IC 31-16-15-4.5(b). In addition, the employer shall:

(1) withhold from the employee's compensation the employee's share, if any, of premiums for health coverage; and

(2) pay that amount to the insurer.

(d) Upon the initiation of withholding under subsection (c), an employee whose applicable child support order did not include a deduction from weekly available income for the cost of the health care premium is entitled to a modification of the child support order, taking into account the payments made as of the date withholding began.

As added by P.L.46-1995, SEC.43. Amended by P.L.80-2010, SEC.20.

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