HRS §431L-5
Recouping money spent on a child's medical care
This section lets the Attorney General's office take money from your wages or state tax refund if you were ordered to provide health coverage for a child on Medicaid, got paid by a third party for those medical costs, but didn't use that money to repay the other parent, guardian, or the provider. Child support claims come first.
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The statute, as written — Recoupment of amounts spent on child medical care
The department of the attorney general may garnish the wages, salary, or other employment income of, and withhold amounts from state tax refunds to, any person who: (1) Is required by court or administrative order to provide coverage of the cost of health services to a child eligible for medical assistance under medicaid; and (2) Has received payment from a third party for the costs of such services but has not used the payments to reimburse either the other parent or guardian of the child or the provider of the services, to the extent necessary to reimburse the department of human services for its costs, but claims for current and past due child support shall take priority over these claims.
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