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House Bill No. 5506

Public Act No. 22-118 230 of 739

Sec. 170. Section 38a-497 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): (a) Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified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 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 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 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. (d) Coverage for a child, stepchild or other dependent child under an insurance policy provided by the Comptroller for state employees or nonstate public employees pursuant to section 5-259 shall terminate not earlier than the end of the calendar year of the year in which the first of the following occurs: (1) The date such child, stepchild or other dependent child becomes covered under a group health plan through such dependent child's own employment; or (2) the date on which such dependent child attains the age of twenty-six.