1. (1) When a court or an administrative agency enters an order that provides for the payment of medical and dental expenses of a child as described in Section 26B-9-224 or 81-6-202, a provider who receives a copy of the order:

   1. (a) at or before the time the provider renders medical or dental services to the child, and upon request from a parent, shall separately bill each parent for the share of the medical and dental expenses that the parent is required to pay under the order; or

   2. (b) within 30 days after the day on which the provider renders the medical or dental service to the child, may not:

      1. (i) make a claim for unpaid medical and dental expenses against a parent who has paid in full the share of the medical and dental expenses that the parent is required to pay under the order; or
      2. (ii) make a negative credit report under Section 70C-7-107, or a report of the debtor's repayment practices or credit history under Title 7, Chapter 14, Credit Information Exchange, regarding a parent who has paid in full the share of the medical and dental expenses that the parent is required to pay under the order.

2. (2)

   1. (a) When a court enters an order that provides for the payment of school fees of a child in a separate maintenance action under Section 81-4-204 or in a divorce action under Section 81-4-406:

      1. (i) a provider, who receives a copy of the order before the day on which the provider first issues a bill for a school fee and upon request from a parent, shall separately bill each parent for the share of the school fee that the parent is required to pay under the order;
      2. (ii) a provider, who receives a copy of the order, regardless of whether the provider receives the copy before, on, or after the day on which the provider first issues a bill for the school fee, may not make a negative credit report under Section 70C-7-107, or report of the debtor's repayment practices or credit history under Title 7, Chapter 14, Credit Information Exchange, regarding a parent who has paid in full the share of the school fee that the parent is required to pay under the order; and
      3. (iii) each parent is liable only for the share of the school fee that the parent is required to pay under the order.
   2. (b) A provider may bill a parent for the parent's share of a child's school fee under an order described in Subsection (2)(a) regardless of whether the provider grants the other parent a waiver for all or a portion of the other parent's share of the child's school fee.

Amended by Chapter 366, 2024 General Session