Title VI, HUMAN SERVICES (Ch. 216 - 255A)

1. Subject to 28 U.S.C. §1738B, when high potential for obtaining medical support exists, the obligee or the department may petition for a modification of the obligor’s support order to include medical support or a monetary amount for medical support pursuant to this chapter . 2.…

Unless the order specifies otherwise, medical support is not included in the monetary amount of child support ordered to be paid for orders entered on or after July 1, 1990. 90 Acts, ch 1224, §38

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this chapter for cases for which services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B . The department shall cooperate with any agency of the state or federal government as may be necessary to qualify for feder…

1. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions of this chapter take effect July 1, 1990, for all support orders entered pursuant to chapter 234 , 252A , 252C , 598 , or 600B . 2. If an obligor was ordered to provide a health benefit plan or insurance coverage under an order entere…

1. This section shall apply to all initial or modified orders for support entered under chapter 234 , 252A , 252C , 252F , 252H , 598 , 600B , or any other applicable chapter. If an action to establish or modify an order for support is initiated by child support services, section…

1. If child support services is initiating an action to establish or modify support, this section shall apply in addition to the provisions of section 252E.1A . 2. Child support services shall apply the following order of priority when child support services enters or seeks an or…

1. An order requiring the provision of coverage under a health benefit plan other than public coverage is authorization for enrollment of the dependent if the dependent is otherwise eligible to be enrolled. The dependent’s eligibility and enrollment for coverage under such a plan…

This section shall apply if child support services is providing services under chapter 252B . 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and without a court order, a medical support order for a child shall be deemed satisfied with regard to the department, the child, the obligor,…

For cases for which services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B , the order may require an obligor providing health care coverage for a child to also provide health care coverage for the benefit of an obligee if the obligee is eligible for enrollment under the plan in wh…

1. When a support order requires an obligor to provide coverage under a health benefit plan other than public coverage, the district court or the department may enter an ex parte order directing an employer to take all actions necessary to enroll an obligor’s dependent for covera…

1. When the order has been forwarded to the obligor’s employer pursuant to section 252E.4 , the order is binding on the employer and the employer’s insurer to the extent that the dependent is eligible to be enrolled in the plan under the applicable terms and conditions of the hea…

1. A child is eligible for medical support for the duration of the obligor’s child support obligation. However, the child’s eligibility for coverage under a health benefit plan shall be governed by all applicable plan provisions including, but not limited to, eligibility and insu…

1. An obligor may move to quash the order to the employer under section 252E.4 by following the same procedures and alleging a mistake of a fact as provided in section 252D.31 or as provided in subsection 2 . If child support services is enforcing an income withholding order and …

1. The entry of an order requiring a health benefit plan is authorization for enrollment of the dependent if the dependent is otherwise eligible to be enrolled. If the obligor fails to obtain coverage for a dependent, the insurer shall accept the signature of the obligee or other…

1. If an order for coverage under a health benefit plan has been forwarded pursuant to section 252E.5 , the obligor’s employer or insurer shall release to the obligee or other legal custodian of the child or the department, upon receiving a written request, the information necess…

1. For cases for which services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B , an obligor who fails to maintain medical support for the benefit of the dependent as ordered shall be liable to the obligee or the department for any medical expenses incurred from the date of the court…