Dependent Coverage

Insurance carriers must cover unmarried dependent children up until the age of 19

Effective January 1, 2009 Connecticut requires that all group health insurance policies cover children up to age 26. (S.B.

Effective January 1, 2006, unmarried children are considered dependents and remain eligible for health insurance until their 25th birthday if they: a) maintain the same legal residence as the paren

An individual or group health policy may not terminate coverage of an unmarried dependent before the dependent's 25th birthday.

A child covered as a dependent may choose to continue under a parent’s policy until reaching age 30.

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Enacted legislation in 2007 (

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SB 419

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Legislation was enacted in 2007 (HF 1078) which expanded the definition of dependent coverage

Legislation (

Enacted legislation in 2007 (House Bill 1057) allows young adults (including child depen