A health maintenance contract, excluding contracts for stand-alone dental services, shall provide coverage to persons under 26 years of age or for 2 years after the end of the calendar year in which such persons last qualified as dependents under 26 U.S.C. 106, whichever occurs first.
Summary
Requires HMO family policies to extend coverage to children up to 26 years of age or for 2 years after "loss of dependent status," whichever occurs first.
Legal Source
M.G.L. Chapter 176G, section 4T, added by section 38 of Chapter 205 of the Acts of 2007; replaced provision added by section 58 of Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006 that was repealed by section 37 of Chapter 205 of the Acts of 2007