Sec. 631. Extending coverage of dependents

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Part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after section 714 the following new section: In the case of a group health plan, or health insurance coverage offered in connection with a group health plan, that treats as a beneficiary under the plan an individual who is a dependent child of a participant or beneficiary under the plan, the plan or coverage shall continue to treat the individual as a dependent child without regard to the individual’s age through at least the end of the plan year in which the individual turns an age specified in the plan, but not less than 23 years of age.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a group health plan to provide benefits for dependent children as beneficiaries under the plan or to require a participant to elect coverage of dependent children. . The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 714 the following new item: Sec. 715. Extending coverage of dependents. . Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 2707 the following new section:

In the case of a group health plan, or health insurance coverage offered in connection with a group health plan, that treats as a beneficiary under the plan an individual who is a dependent child of a participant or beneficiary under the plan, the plan or coverage shall continue to treat the individual as a dependent child without regard to the individual’s age through at least the end of the plan year in which the individual turns an age specified in the plan, but not less than 23 years of age.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a group health plan to provide benefits for dependent children as beneficiaries under the plan or to require a participant to elect coverage of dependent children. . Subchapter B of chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: In the case of a group health plan that treats as a beneficiary under the plan an individual who is a dependent child of a participant or beneficiary under the plan, the plan shall continue to treat the individual as a dependent child without regard to the individual’s age through at least the end of the plan year in which the individual turns an age specified in the plan, but not less than 23 years of age.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a group health plan to provide coverage for dependent children as beneficiaries under the plan or to require a participant to elect coverage of dependent children. . The table of sections in such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: Sec. 9814. Extending coverage of dependents. . The amendments made by this section shall apply to group health plans for plan years beginning more than 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to individuals who are dependent children under a group health plan, or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan, on or after such date.