2022 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 38a - Insurance
Chapter 700c - Health Insurance
Section 38a-512b. - Termination of coverage of child, stepchild or other dependent child in group policies. Dental or vision coverage.
(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 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.
(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 policy subject to this section shall cover a stepchild or other dependent child on the same basis as a biological child.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 38; P.A. 21-149, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 2, 2011; P.A. 21-149 designated existing provisions re health insurance coverage for child as Subsec. (a) and amended same to add references to stepchild or other dependent child, delete provision re child becoming covered under group health plan through dependent's employment, and make technical and conforming changes, added Subsec. (b) re provisions re policy providing single ancillary dental or vision coverage, and designated existing provision requiring coverage of stepchild on same basis as biological child as Subsec. (c) and amended same to add reference to other dependent child and make technical changes, effective January 1, 2022.
