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Eligibility - Dependents
Eligible dependents of employees include:
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subscriber’s spouse or partner to a civil union
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domestic partner of a subscriber, provided that the employer elected domestic partnership coverage as part of its group plan (more information on domestic partnerships)
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natural or adopted children of the subscriber and the natural or adopted children of his or her spouse, partner to a civil union, or eligible domestic partner, provided the children are under the age of 19 and unmarried
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qualified over-age dependents (full-time students and incapacitated children)
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in certain cases, a child for whom the subscriber, spouse, party to a civil union or eligible domestic partner has assumed legal guardianship, and
Ineligible dependents of employees include:
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dependents who lose coverage, but decide to continue coverage under federal or state continuation of benefits provisions (these dependents get their own coverage)
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subscribers’ parents or any other relatives besides spouses, parties to civil unions, dependent children or step-children described above
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dependent children who marry, regardless of age, and
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dependent children over the age of 19 who do not meet guidelines for “over-age dependents”
