Iowa Code 252E.6 – Duration of health benefit plan coverage
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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 insurability standards.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 252E.6
- Child: means a person for whom child or medical support may be ordered pursuant to chapter 234, 239B, 252A, 252C, 252F, 252H, 252K, 598, 600B, or any other chapter of the Code or pursuant to a comparable statute of another state or foreign country. See Iowa Code 252E.1
- Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- coverage: means providing and paying for the medical needs of a dependent through a health benefit plan. See Iowa Code 252E.1
- Department: means the department of health and human services, which includes but is not limited to child support services, or any comparable support enforcement agency of another state. See Iowa Code 252E.1
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 249L.2
- Health benefit plan: means any policy or contract of insurance, indemnity, subscription, or membership issued by an insurer, health service corporation, health maintenance organization, or any similar corporation or organization, any public coverage, or any self-insured employee benefit plan, for the purpose of covering medical expenses. See Iowa Code 252E.1
- Insurer: means any entity, including a health service corporation, health maintenance organization, or any similar corporation or organization, or an employer offering self-insurance, that provides a health benefit plan, but does not include an entity that provides public coverage. See Iowa Code 252E.1
- Medical support: means either the provision of health care coverage or the payment of cash medical support. See Iowa Code 252E.1
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Obligor: means a parent or another natural person legally responsible for the support of a dependent. See Iowa Code 252E.1
- Order: means a support order entered pursuant to chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 252F, 252H, 252K, 598, 600B, or any other support chapter, or pursuant to a comparable statute of another state or foreign country, or an ex parte order entered pursuant to section 252E. See Iowa Code 252E.1
2. For cases for which services are being provided pursuant to chapter 252B, the department shall notify the employer when there is no longer a current order for medical support in effect for which the department is responsible. However, termination of medical support ordered pursuant to section 252E.3 shall be governed by the insurer‘s health benefit plan provisions for termination and by applicable federal law.