Senate Bill No. 1004
Public Act No. 21-149
AN ACT CONCERNING DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE
COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN, 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 Section 38a-497 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2022):
(a) Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the
type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6), (10), (11) and (12) of section
38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued
in this state shall provide that coverage of a child, stepchild or other
dependent child shall terminate [no] not earlier than the policy
anniversary date [on or] after [whichever of the following occurs first,]
the date on which the child, [: Becomes covered under a group health
plan through the dependent's own employment; or] stepchild or other
dependent child attains the age of twenty-six.
(b) Each individual health insurance policy described in subsection
(a) of this section, and each individual health insurance policy providing
coverage of the type specified in subdivision (16) of section 38a-469
delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in this
state, that includes or provides dental or vision coverage shall provide Senate Bill No. 1004
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that dental or vision coverage of a child, stepchild or other dependent
child shall terminate not earlier than the policy anniversary date after
the date on which the child, stepchild or other dependent child attains
the age of twenty-six.
(c) Each [such] policy subject to this section shall cover a stepchild or
other dependent child on the same basis as a biological child.
Sec. 2. Section 38a-512b of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2022):
(a) Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type
specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (6), (10), (11) and (12) of section 38a-
469 delivered, issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in
this state shall provide that coverage of a child, stepchild or other
dependent child shall terminate [no] not earlier than the policy
anniversary date [on or] after [whichever of the following occurs first,]
the date on which the child, [: Becomes covered under a group health
plan through the dependent's own employment; or] stepchild or other
dependent child attains the age of twenty-six.
(b) Each group health insurance policy described in subsection (a) of
this section, and each group health insurance policy providing coverage
of the type specified in subdivision (16) of section 38a-469 delivered,
issued for delivery, amended, renewed or continued in this state, that
includes or provides dental or vision coverage shall provide that dental
or vision coverage of a child, stepchild or other dependent child shall
terminate not earlier than the policy anniversary date after the date on
which the child, stepchild or other dependent child attains the age of
twenty-six.
(c) Each [such] policy subject to this section shall cover a stepchild or
other dependent child on the same basis as a biological child.