The Medical Child Support Working Groups Report to:
The Honorable
Donna E. Shalala
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
The Honorable
Alexis M. Herman
Secretary
Department of Labor
by
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
June 2000
This report is available on the Internet at:
http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/medsupport00/index.htm
How to obtain a printed copy.
Background Material
List of Recommendations
Chapters:
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Lack of Health Care Coverage
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Children's Health Care Coverage is Critical
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Government Efforts Have Helped But More Needs to be Done
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Creation of the Medical Child Support Working Group
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Organization of the Report
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Partnership for a New Medical Child Support Paradigm
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Introduction
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Prior Assumptions and Inadequate Solutions
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Assumptions for the New Medical Support Paradigm
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Summary
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Taking the First Step: Establishing Health Care
Coverage in Child Support Orders
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State Child Support Guidelines
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Role of the Desicion Maker: Administrative Agency, Court, Other "Tribunal"
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Implementing a New Tool: The National Medical Support
Notice and Related Issues
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National Medical Support Notice
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Recommendations of the Working Group on Making the Notice Work Better
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Coverage for Children of Federal Employees and Military Personnel
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Answering Hard Questions: Providing Guidance to
IV-D Agencies and Employers on Enforcement Issues
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Introduction
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Enforcement of Health Care Provisions of Child Support Orders
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Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) Limits
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Priority of Withholding
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Moving Towards Seamless Coverage: Improving
Coordination and Communication Among Private and Public Health Care
Coverage
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Outreach for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
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SCHIOP Barriers
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SCHIP/Medicaid/IV-D Information Exchange
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Increased Efficiency in the Coordination of Public and Private Coverage
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ERISA Issues Related to Children Covered Under QMCSOs
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The Question of Money: Paying for the Expanded
Role of the IV-D Program in Obtaining Health Care Coverage for Children
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Introduction
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Current IV-D Funding Structure
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Policy Issues Related to IV-D Funding
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Shaping the Future: Strategies for Ensuring Ongoing
Improvements
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Intruduction
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Finding New Solutions
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Better Coordination of Policies and Programs
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Review of Tax Policy
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Conclusion/Postscript
Appendices
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Next Steps List of Recommendations Organized
by Type/Category
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Glossary
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Legislation
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Health Care Coverage for Chlid Support-Eligible Children
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National Medical Support Notice
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Washington State Model Notice of Release Form
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Meeting Schedule
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Model Joint Medicaid/SCHIP Application Form
Letter of Announcement to the President of the
Senate
Letter of Announcement to the Speaker of the House
of Representatives
If you wish to print a copy from the Internet, you will obtain best results
by printing the following files, which are in Portable Document Format (PDF)
and require that you have the Adobe Acrobat Reader. (The reader can
be obtained direct from Adobe.):
Executive Summary (PDF format, 221KB,
updated: 2000/08/10)
Full Report (PDF format, 1.43MB,
updated: 2000/08/10)
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