Effective Date: January 1, 2017
Previous Policy
Parents include either legal parents or step-parents.
Legal Parents
A biological parent. This includes a birth mother, or a father whose paternity of the child has been established according to state law.
A man presumed to be the biological father when the child is born:
during the marriage; or
within 300 days of the termination of the marriage.
An individual adjudicated by a court to be the child's parent.
An individual who has legally adopted a child.
An individual confirmed to be the intended parent under:
a valid gestational agreement; or
assisted reproduction.
Step-Parents
The spouse of a legal parent whose parental relationship to the child is only through marriage.
Step-parents have the same financial responsibility as a legal parent for the purpose of determining medical coverage of a child.