Utah Law Requires Fathers to Pay Half of Mothers’ Pregnancy Costs
A new Utah law will require fathers to pay for half of a woman’s pregnancy costs.
The legislation, H.B. 113, signed into law by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) in March, amends the Utah Child Support Act to include the medical costs associated with pregnancy.
The law will take effect May 5.
The text states the law “requires a biological father to pay 50% of a mother’s: insurance premiums while she is pregnant; and pregnancy-related medical costs, including the hospital birth of the child, that are not paid by another person.”
Utah Law Requires Biological Fathers To Pay Half Of Pregnancy-Related Medical Costs
wbur.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wbur.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Utah Law Requires Biological Fathers To Pay Half Of Pregnancy-Related Medical Costs
kios.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kios.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Utah Law Requires Biological Fathers To Pay Half Of Pregnancy-Related Medical Costs
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
The Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Under a new state law, a biological father will be responsible for half of a woman s out-of-pocket pregnancy costs.
Education Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Biological fathers will soon be required to pay half of a woman s pregnancy-related medical costs under a new Utah law that advocates believe to be the first of its kind in the United States.
The law requires the biological father to pay 50% of a pregnant woman s out-of-pocket medical costs, including health insurance premiums and hospital birth. It was signed by Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox last month and will take effect on May 5.
04-07-2021
A new law in Utah aims to increase the responsibility for biological fathers by requiring them to pay half of the out-of-pocket expenses related to pregnancy and childbirth.
Republican Governor Spencer Cox signed H.B. 113 into law last month, revising the Utah Child Support Act and in an attempt to bring fairness to the funding of pregnancies.
The bill s sponsor, state Rep. Brady Brammer (R) and state Sen. Daniel McCay (R) said the measure will ensure that pregnancy expenses are shared by both parties involved, according to The Daily Wire.
McCay pointed out that the measure provides some equity to the funding of pregnancies and share in that burden and (to recognize) the important role that the mother and the father play in the pregnancy.