252E.16 - SCOPE AND EFFECT.

        252E.16  SCOPE AND EFFECT.
         1.  The provisions of this chapter take effect July 1, 1990, for
      all support orders entered pursuant to chapter 234, 252A, 252C, 598,
      or 600B.
         2.  If an obligor was ordered to provide a health benefit plan or
      insurance coverage under an order entered prior to July 1, 1990, but
      did not comply with the order, insurers are not liable for medical
      expenses incurred prior to July 1, 1990.  However, such an order may
      be implemented pursuant to the provisions of this chapter following
      its enactment.  This chapter shall not be implemented retroactively;
      however, previous orders for medical support not otherwise complied
      with may be reduced to a dollar amount and collected from the
      obligor.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         90 Acts, ch 1224, §40