26B-9-224.  Medical and dental expenses of dependent children.
     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:
(a) a tribunal or imposed by law for the financial support, maintenance, medical, or dental care of a dependent child; and
(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:

(a)  insurance coverage is or becomes available at a reasonable cost; and

(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.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session