Pennsylvania Act 2001-112 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS CODE (23 PA.C.S.) - AMEND MANDATORY INCLUSION OF CHILD MEDICAL SUPPORT AND PROSPECTIVE CHILD-CARE PERSONNEL INFORMATION

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DOMESTIC RELATIONS CODE (23 PA.C.S.) - AMEND MANDATORY INCLUSION OF CHILD
     MEDICAL SUPPORT AND PROSPECTIVE CHILD-CARE PERSONNEL INFORMATION
                 Act of Dec. 17, 2001, P.L. 942, No. 112              Cl. 23
                             Session of 2001
                               No. 2001-112

     SB 611

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
        Consolidated Statutes, further providing for mandatory
        inclusion of child medical support and for information
        relating to prospective child-care personnel.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 4326(h.1) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
     adding a subsection to read:
      § 4326.  Mandatory inclusion of child medical support.
        * * *
        (d.1)  Medical support notice.--The department shall develop
     a medical support notice for use by the department or domestic
     relations section in accordance with procedures established by
     the department. The medical support notice shall comply with
     national standards established by the Federal Government for
     medical support notices. The department or domestic relations
     section shall send the medical support notice to the employer
     within two business days after the date of entry of an employee
     who is a new hire into the Commonwealth directory of new hires
     under section 4392 (relating to employer reporting).
        * * *
        (h.1)  Obligations of employers.--Every employer doing
     business within this Commonwealth shall be obligated as follows:
            (1)  in any case in which a parent is required by a court
        order to provide health coverage for a child and the parent
        is eligible for family health coverage, the employer shall
        permit the insured parent to enroll any child who is
        otherwise eligible without regard to any enrollment season
        restrictions;
            (2)  if the insured parent is enrolled but fails to make
        application to obtain coverage for such child, to enroll the
        child under the family coverage upon application by the
        child's other parent, the domestic relations section or the
        department; [and]
            (3)  not to disenroll or eliminate coverage of any such
        child unless the employer is provided satisfactory written
        evidence that the court or administrative order is no longer
        in effect, the child is or will be enrolled in comparable
        health coverage which will take effect not later than the
        effective date of such disenrollment or the employer has
        eliminated family health coverage for all of its
        employees[.];
            (4)  to transfer health coverage for any child to the
        health coverage of the employer upon receipt of a medical
        support notice under subsection (d.1) issued by the
        department or a domestic relations section within 20 business
        days after the date of the notice; and
            (5)  to notify the domestic relations section whenever
        the insured parent's employment is terminated.
        * * *
        Section 2.  Section 6344(h) of Title 23 is amended to read:
      § 6344.  Information relating to prospective child-care
                personnel.
        * * *
        (h)  Fees.--The department may charge a fee not to exceed $10
     in order to conduct the certification as required in subsection
     (b)(2), except that no fee shall be charged to an individual who
     makes the request in order to apply to become a volunteer with
     an affiliate of Big Brothers of America or Big Sisters of
     America or with a rape crisis center or domestic violence
     shelter.
        * * *
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.

     APPROVED--The 17th day of December, A. D. 2001.

     MARK S. SCHWEIKER