It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 15-8-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 15-8 entitled "Uniform Law on Paternity" is hereby amended to read as follows:

{ADD 15-8-2. Enforcement. -- ADD} Paternity may be determined upon the complaint of the {ADD father, ADD} mother, the child, or the public authority chargeable by law with the support of the child. If paternity has been determined or has been acknowledged according to the laws of Rhode Island, the liabilities of the father may be enforced in the same or other proceedings by the mother, the child, or the public authority which has furnished or may furnish the reasonable expenses of pregnancy, confinement, education, necessary support, or funeral expenses, and by other persons including private agencies to the extent that they have furnished the reasonable expenses of pregnancy, confinement, education, necessary maintenance and support, or funeral expenses.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.