1. When a support order requires an obligor to provide coverage under a health benefit plan, 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 coverage under a health benefit plan. The department may amend the information in the ex parte order regarding health insurance provisions if necessary to comply with health insurance requirements including but not limited to the provisions of section 252E.2, subsection 2.
2. The obligee, district court, or department may forward either the support order containing the provision for coverage under a health benefit plan or the ex parte order provided for in subsection 1 to the obligor's employer.
3. This chapter shall be constructive notice to the obligor of enforcement and further notice prior to enforcement is not required.
4. The order requiring coverage is binding on all future employers or insurers if the dependent is eligible to be enrolled in the health benefit plan under the applicable plan terms and conditions.
90 Acts, ch 1224, §28; 93 Acts, ch 78, §22; 96 Acts, ch 1141, § 24
Referred to in § 252E.1, 252E.5
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