{"data":{"id":"us-mt/40-5-815","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"40-5-815","heading":"Paying claims.","body":"Payment for a medical claim assigned to the department must be to the department. If a medical claim is not assigned to the department and the claim is submitted by a parent or a third-party custodian, payment must be to the health service provider involved. Payment may be to the parent or third-party custodian submitting the claim if there is written evidence of prepayment to the health service provider by that parent or third-party custodian.","path":["TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT","Part 8. Medical Support Order Enforcement"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0400/chapter_0050/part_0080/section_0150/0400-0050-0080-0150.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:56Z","sha256":"dadf00ad153c9fa48600b00fefcd08c4092a2b289616ec5fc4c8a3e9b5faa760","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/40-5-814","next":"us-mt/40-5-816"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}