252C.1 - DEFINITIONS.
252C.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Administrator" means the administrator of the child
support recovery unit of the department of human services, or the
administrator's designee.
2. "Caretaker" means a parent, relative, guardian, or another
person who is responsible for paying foster care costs pursuant to
chapter 234 or whose needs are included in an assistance payment made
pursuant to chapter 239B.
3. "Court order" means a judgment or order of a court of this
state or another state requiring the payment of a set or determinable
amount of monetary support. For orders entered on or after July 1,
1990, unless the court specifically orders otherwise, medical
support, as defined in section 252E.1, is not included in the amount
of monetary support.
4. "Department" means the department of human services.
5. "Dependent child" means a person who meets the eligibility
criteria established in chapter 234 or 239B and whose support is
required by chapter 234, 239B, 252A, 252F, 598, or 600B.
6. "Medical support" means either the provision of coverage
under a health benefit plan, including a group or employment-related
or an individual health benefit plan, or a health benefit plan
provided pursuant to chapter 514E, to meet the medical needs of a
dependent and the cost of any premium required by a health benefit
plan, or the payment to the obligee of a monetary amount in lieu of
providing coverage under a health benefit plan, either of which is an
obligation separate from any monetary amount of child support ordered
to be paid. Medical support which consists of payment of a monetary
amount in lieu of a health benefit plan is also an obligation
separate from any monetary amount a parent is ordered to pay for
uncovered medical expenses pursuant to the guidelines established
pursuant to section 598.21B.
7. "Public assistance" means foster care costs paid by the
department pursuant to chapter 234 or assistance provided pursuant to
chapter 239B.
8. "Responsible person" means a parent, relative, guardian,
or another person legally liable for the support of a child or a
child's caretaker. Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1278, § 1; 90 Acts, ch 1224, § 14, 15; 93 Acts, ch 79,
§44; 97 Acts, ch 41, § 32; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §158, 187; 2008 Acts,
ch 1019, §18, 20
Referred to in § 252H.2, 598.21G Footnotes
For transition provisions applicable to existing child support
recovery unit rules, procedures, definitions, and requirements, and
for nullification of 441 IAC rule 98.3, see 2007 Acts, ch 218, §186