1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health care; expanding the definition of dependent coverage to any 
1.3 	unmarried child under the age of 25;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 
1.4 	62E.02, subdivision 7; 62L.02, subdivision 11; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
1.5 	2006, section 62A.301.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, 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 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2008.

1.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62L.02, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.14 		Subd. 11.Dependent. "Dependent" means an eligible employee's spouse, 
1.15 	unmarried child who is under the age of 19 years, unmarried child under the age of 25 
1.16 	years who is a full-time student as defined in section 62A.301 regardless of whether 
1.17 	the dependent child is enrolled in an educational institution, dependent child of any age 
1.18 	who is disabled and who meets the eligibility criteria in section 62A.14, subdivision 2, 
1.19 	or any other person whom state or federal law requires to be treated as a dependent for 
1.20 	purposes of health plans. For the purpose of this definition, a child includes a child for 
1.21 	whom the employee or the employee's spouse has been appointed legal guardian and an 
1.22 	adoptive child as provided in section 62A.27. 

1.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2008.

2.1 	Sec. 3.  REPEALER.
 2.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62A.301, is repealed.