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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1004
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT CONCERNING DE NTAL AND VISION INSURANCE
COVERAGE FOR CHILDRE N, STEPCHILDREN AND OTHER
DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 38a-497 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2022): 2
(a) Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the 3
type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6), (10), (11) and (12) of section 4
38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued 5
in this state shall provide that coverage of a child, stepchild or other 6
dependent child shall terminate [no] not earlier than the policy 7
anniversary date on or after whichever of the following occurs first, the 8
date on which the child, stepchild or other dependent child: (1) Becomes 9
covered under a group health plan through the [dependent's] child's, 10
stepchild's or other dependent child's own employment; or (2) attains 11
the age of twenty-six. 12
(b) Each individual health insurance policy described in subsection 13 Raised Bill No. 1004
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(a) of this section, and each individual health insurance policy providing 14
coverage of the type specified in subdivision (16) of section 38a-469 15
delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in this 16
state, that includes or provides dental or vision coverage shall provide 17
that dental or vision coverage of a child, stepchild or other dependent 18
child shall terminate not earlier than the policy anniversary date on or 19
after whichever of the following occurs first, the date on which the child, 20
stepchild or other dependent child: (1) Becomes covered under a group 21
health plan through the child's, stepchild's or other dependent child's 22
own employment; or (2) attains the age of twenty-six. 23
(c) Each [such] policy subject to this section shall cover a stepchild or 24
other dependent child on the same basis as a biological child. 25
Sec. 2. Section 38a-512b of the general statutes is repealed and the 26
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2022): 27
(a) Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type 28
specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6), (10), (11) and (12) of section 38a-29
469 delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in 30
this state shall provide that coverage of a child, stepchild or other 31
dependent child shall terminate [no] not earlier than the policy 32
anniversary date on or after whichever of the following occurs first, the 33
date on which the child, stepchild or other dependent child: (1) Becomes 34
covered under a group health plan through the [dependent's] child's, 35
stepchild's or other dependent child's own employment; or (2) attains 36
the age of twenty-six. 37
(b) Each group health insurance policy described in subsection (a) of 38
this section, and each group health insurance policy providing coverage 39
of the type specified in subdivision (16) of section 38a-469 delivered, 40
issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in this state, that 41
includes or provides dental or vision coverage shall provide that dental 42
or vision coverage of a child, stepchild or other dependent child shall 43
terminate not earlier than the policy anniversary date on or after 44
whichever of the following occurs first, the date on which the child, 45 Raised Bill No. 1004
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stepchild or other dependent child: (1) Becomes covered under a group 46
health plan through the child's, stepchild's or other dependent child's 47
own employment; or (2) attains the age of twenty-six. 48
(c) Each [such] policy subject to this section shall cover a stepchild or 49
other dependent child on the same basis as a biological child. 50
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2022 38a-497
Sec. 2 January 1, 2022 38a-512b
INS Joint Favorable