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House adopts Senate Bill 121 to clarify creditor liability for children's medical bills
Summary
The House debated and passed SB121 to limit creditors' ability to pursue custodial parents beyond court-ordered medical obligations and to clarify noncustodial parents' responsibilities for reasonable and necessary medical expenses when no order exists; the measure drew sustained debate over due-process and creditor protections.
Senate Bill 121, carried in the House by Representative Norm Nielsen (and sponsored in the Senate by Carl Blake Stewart), drew extended floor debate on Feb. 28.
The measure and amendments aim to prevent medical or dental creditors from collecting more from a custodial parent than that parent’s court-ordered share of medical expenses and to make clear that where no court order exists the noncustodial parent is nevertheless…
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