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Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.29 (2026)

Health insurance coverage for children definitions

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October 17, 2019
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House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
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As used in this section and sections 3119.30 to 3119.56 of the Revised Code:

(A) "Health care coverage" means such medical support that includes a health insurance coverage or a public health care plan, payment of costs of premiums, copayments, and deductibles, or payment for medical expenses incurred on behalf of the child.

(B) "Health insurance coverage" means accessible private health insurance that provides primary care services within thirty miles from the residence of the child subject to the child support order.

(C) "Health plan administrator" means any entity authorized under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code to engage in the business of insurance in this state, any health insuring corporation, any legal entity that is self-insured and provides benefits to its employees or members, and the administrator of any such entity or corporation.

(D) "National medical support notice" means a form required by the "Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998," P.L. 105-200, 112 Stat. 659, 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(19), as amended, and jointly developed and promulgated by the secretary of health and human services and the secretary of labor in federal regulations adopted under that act as modified by the department of job and family services under section 3119.291 of the Revised Code.

(E) "Person required to provide health insurance coverage" means the obligor, obligee, or both, required by the court under a court child support order or by the child support enforcement agency under an administrative child support order to provide health insurance coverage pursuant to section 3119.30 of the Revised Code.

(F) "Reasonable cost" means that the cost of health insurance coverage to the person required to provide health insurance coverage for the children who are the subject of the child support order does not exceed an amount equal to five per cent of the annual income of that person.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2010–2021 · leading case: Bandza v. Bandza, 2021 Ohio 4011 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021).
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Bandza v. Bandza, 2021 Ohio 4011 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “See R.C. 3119.29(F) (defining “reasonable cost”).”
Weisgarber v. Weisgarber, 2016 Ohio 676 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “§3119.29(A)(4), O.R.C. §3119(A)(8). Therefore, Father shall provide health insurance coverage for the benefit of the children.”
Rowe v. Rowe, 2018 Ohio 1103 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “” R.C. 3119.29(A)(1); see R.C. 3119.30(C). {¶10} Mr.”
In re M.C., 2021 Ohio 3703 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “According to R.C. 3119.29(F), reasonable cost means that "the cost of health insurance coverage to the person required to provide health insurance coverage for the children who are the subject of the child support order does not exceed an amount equal to five per cent of the…”
Masters v. Masters, 945 N.E.2d 1118 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “” {¶ 17} R.C. 3119.29(A)(3) defines “health care” in the context of the calculation of child-support obligations as “such medical support that includes coverage under a health insurance plan, payment of costs of premiums, co-payments, and deductibles, or payment for medical…”
Batcher v. Pierce, 2018 Ohio 3766 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “30(A); R.C. 3119.29(A)(3) (defining health care); R.”
In re J.H., 2020 Ohio 576 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). “* * * The court, in accordance with sections 3119.29 to 3119.56 of the Revised Code, shall include in each support order made under this section the requirement that one or both of the parents provide for the health care needs of the child to the satisfaction of the court.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.29(A)(1) — 1 case
Rowe v. Rowe, 2018 Ohio 1103 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “” R.C. 3119.29(A)(1); see R.C. 3119.30(C). {¶10} Mr.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.29(A)(3) — 2 cases
Masters v. Masters, 945 N.E.2d 1118 (Ohio Ct. App. 2010). “” {¶ 17} R.C. 3119.29(A)(3) defines “health care” in the context of the calculation of child-support obligations as “such medical support that includes coverage under a health insurance plan, payment of costs of premiums, co-payments, and deductibles, or payment for medical…”
Batcher v. Pierce, 2018 Ohio 3766 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “30(A); R.C. 3119.29(A)(3) (defining health care); R.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.29(A)(4) — 1 case
Weisgarber v. Weisgarber, 2016 Ohio 676 (Ohio Ct. App. 2016). “§3119.29(A)(4), O.R.C. §3119(A)(8). Therefore, Father shall provide health insurance coverage for the benefit of the children.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.29(A)(8) — 1 case
Rowe v. Rowe, 2018 Ohio 1103 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “” R.C. 3119.29(A)(1); see R.C. 3119.30(C). {¶10} Mr.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3119.29(F) — 2 cases
Bandza v. Bandza, 2021 Ohio 4011 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “See R.C. 3119.29(F) (defining “reasonable cost”).”
In re M.C., 2021 Ohio 3703 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “According to R.C. 3119.29(F), reasonable cost means that "the cost of health insurance coverage to the person required to provide health insurance coverage for the children who are the subject of the child support order does not exceed an amount equal to five per cent of the…”
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