Health and hospitalization insurance coverage
Sec. 4. (a) A child support order may also include, where
appropriate, basic health and hospitalization insurance coverage for
the child.
(b) If, however, the Title IV-D agency initiates action to establish
a support obligation and petitions the court to include basic health
and hospitalization insurance coverage in the support order, the court
shall include a provision addressing insurance coverage for the child.
(c) In an action initiated by the Title IV-D agency or other parties,
the court may order the parent who is ordered to pay child support to
provide the insurance coverage for the child if the insurance
coverage:
(1) is available to the parent ordered to pay child support or the
dependents of the parent as part of the parent's employee benefit
plan; or
(2) is available at reasonable cost to the parent ordered to pay
child support.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.86-2002, SEC.10.
Last modified: May 24, 2006