441—98.7(252E) Enforcement.
	98.7(1) Medical support enforcement. For the purposes of enforcement, medical support may be reduced to a dollar amount and collected through the same remedies available for the collection and enforcement of child support.
	98.7(2) Health care coverage.
	a. 	If an obligor was ordered to provide health care coverage under an order but did not comply with the order, the child support recovery unit may implement the order by forwarding to the employer a copy of the order, an ex parte order as provided in Iowa Code section 252E.4, or Form 470-3818.
	b. 	If the child support recovery unit implements an order under this subrule, the unit shall send a notice to the obligor at the last-known address of the obligor by regular mail. The notice shall contain the following information:
	(1)	A statement of the obligor’s right to an informal conference.
	(2)	The process to request an informal conference.
	(3)	The obligor’s right to file a motion to quash with the district court.
	98.7(3) Termination of employment. When the child support recovery unit receives information indicating the obligor’s employment has terminated, the unit shall secure the status of the health benefit plan by sending Form 470-3218 to the employer.
If no response is received within 30 days of sending Form 470-3218, the unit shall send a second request on Form 470-3219 to the employer.
[ARC 4112C, IAB 11/7/18, effective 2/15/19; ARC 6855C, IAB 2/8/23, effective 4/1/23]