Utah Code 26B-9-224. Medical and dental expenses of dependent children
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In any action under this part, the office and the department in their orders shall:
(1) include a provision assigning responsibility for cash medical support;
Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-9-224
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Office: means the Office of Recovery Services. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
- Support: includes past-due, present, and future obligations established by:(27)(a) a tribunal or imposed by law for the financial support, maintenance, medical, or dental care of a dependent child; and(27)(b) a tribunal for the financial support of a spouse or former spouse with whom the obligor's dependent child resides if the obligor also owes a child support obligation that is being enforced by the state. See Utah Code 26B-9-201(2) include a provision requiring the purchase and maintenance of appropriate medical, hospital, and dental care insurance for those children, if:(2)(a) insurance coverage is or becomes available at a reasonable cost; and(2)(b) the insurance coverage is accessible to the children; and(3) include a designation of which health, dental or hospital insurance plan, is primary and which is secondary in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-3-5.4 which will take effect if at any time the dependent children are covered by both parents’ health, hospital, or dental insurance plans.