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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
21 Million Children's Health: Our Shared Responsibility
The Medical Child Support Working Group's Report
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/rpt/medrpt/
At a time when children's health care coverage is the focus
of much national attention, children who grow up in divorced, never-married,
or separated families are at a greater risk than other children
of not having health care coverage. Children without coverage have
substantially less access to critical health care services, which
are essential for their well-being and productivity. Although the
child support enforcement program has been increasingly successful
in obtaining health care coverage for children, changes in the labor
market, family structure, health care delivery systems, and social
welfare policy require new approaches to ensure that children obtain
appropriate coverage-public and/or private. Recognizing the complexity
of the issues involved and the willingness of interested parties
to work together, Congress directed the joint establishment of the
Medical Child Support Working Group by the Secretaries of Health
and Human Services and Labor. The charge of the Working Group, which
is comprised of thirty members who represent the broad range of
interested and affected parties, was to submit a report to HHS Secretary
and DOL Secretary Herman identifying the impediments to the effective
enforcement of medical child support, and recommending solutions
to these impediments.
See CHAPTER 3 Taking the First Step Establishing Health Care Coverage
in Child Support
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/rpt/medrpt/chapter_3.htm
Child Support/Adult
Disabled Child/Application of Guidelines
© 2001 National Legal Research Group, Inc.
www.divorcesource.com/research/dl/childsupport/01jun119A.shtml
The Duty To Support Adult Disabled Children
© 1997 National Legal Research Group, Inc.
www.divorcesource.com/research/dl/childsupport/97oct188.shtml
The federal government continues apace its plan to reduce
federal benefits to the young, aged, and infirm. This year,
over 10,000 children were terminated from the SSI program
because their disabilities were not deemed serious enough.
Given this climate, the responsibility of parents to their
children will take on greater significance, and litigation
in this area is bound to increase.
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