Dependent child coverage.

Annotations

Oct. 26, 2010, D.C. Law 18-252, § 3, 57 DCR 8064
For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 3 of Health Insurance for Dependents Emergency Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-384, April 29,
Section 6(b) of D.C. Law 18-203 provided that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
“(2) That an employer or other group policyholder pay all or part of the cost of coverage for a dependent as provided pursuant to this section.”
“(1) Coverage for services provided to a dependent before the effective date of this act; or
“(c) Nothing in this act shall be construed to require:
“(2) Health insurance coverage benefits to a dependent child at the same rate or premium applicable to any other covered dependent.
“(1) The same health insurance coverage benefits to a dependent child that are available to any other covered dependent; and
“(b) The health insurance coverage shall provide:
“(a) A group health plan or an individual health plan, and a health insurer offering health insurance coverage that provides coverage for dependent children, that delivers, issues for delivery, amends, or renews a health insurance policy in the District of Columbia shall make health insurance coverage available and, if requested by the policyholder, extend health insurance coverage to any dependent child of a policyholder until the dependent child is no longer a dependent child.
“Sec. 3. Dependent child coverage.
Section 3 of D.C. Law 18-203 added a section to read as follows: