WAC 388-14A-4111. When may DCS decline a request to enforce a medical support obligation?

The division of child support (DCS) may decline to enforce a medical support obligation using the remedies available under RCW 26.09.105 , 26.18.170 , and 26.23.110 if one or more of the following apply: (1) The medical support obligation is imposed by a child support order that was not entered in a court or administrative forum of the state of Washington; (2) The department of social and health services is not paying public assistance; (3) The department of children, youth, and families is not providing services for a child in residential care (foster care); (4) The party requesting enforcement of the medical support obligation does not have an open IV-D case with DCS for the child; (5) The party requesting enforcement of the medical support obligation is not a parent of the child for whom the medical support obligation was established; (6) The party is requesting reimbursement of the obligated parent's proportionate share of medical premium costs, and the obligated parent is currently providing accessible health care coverage for the child; (7) The party requesting enforcement of the medical support obligation is not a former recipient of public assistance as described in WAC 388-14A-2000 (2)(d); (8) DCS has not received a request for services from a child support agency in another state or a child support agency of an Indian tribe or foreign country; (9) The party requesting enforcement of the medical support obligation has not applied for full support enforcement services; (10) The party requesting enforcement of the medical support obligation does not qualify as a party who can receive child support enforcement services from DCS under WAC 388-14A-2000 ; (11) The case does not meet the requirements for provision of support enforcement services from DCS under WAC 388-14A-2010 ; (12) DCS denies the application under WAC 388-14A-2020 ; (13) The party requesting enforcement of the medical support obligation does not provide proof of payment, any required forms, or the declaration under penalty of perjury required under WAC 388-14A-3312 ; (14) The case meets one or more of the reasons set out in WAC 388-14A-4112 (2) that DCS does not enforce a custodial parent's obligation to provide medical support.