1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; extending dependent health care coverage to unmarried 
1.3 	dependents until the age of 25 regardless of enrollment in an educational 
1.4 	institution;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 62E.02, subdivision 7; 
1.5 	62L.02, subdivision 11; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 62A.301.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 62E.02, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 7.Dependent. "Dependent" means a spouse or unmarried child under the 
1.9 	age of 19 years, a dependent child who is a student under the age of 25 regardless of 
1.10 	whether the dependent child is enrolled in an educational institution, or a dependent 
1.11 	child of any age who is disabled.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 62L.02, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 11.Dependent. "Dependent" means an eligible employee's spouse, 
1.14 	unmarried child who is under the age of 19 years, unmarried child under the age of 25 
1.15 	years who is a full-time student as defined in section  62A.301 regardless of whether the 
1.16 	dependent child is enrolled in an educational institution, dependent child of any age who 
1.17 	is handicapped and who meets the eligibility criteria in section  62A.14, subdivision 2, 
1.18 	or any other person whom state or federal law requires to be treated as a dependent for 
1.19 	purposes of health plans. For the purpose of this definition, a child includes a child for 
1.20 	whom the employee or the employee's spouse has been appointed legal guardian and an 
1.21 	adoptive child as provided in section  62A.27. 

1.22 	Sec. 3.  REPEALER.
 1.23 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 62A.301, is repealed.

2.1 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.2 	Sections 1 to 3 are effective August 1, 2006.