2000 Minnesota Statutes

     62A.27 Coverage of adopted children. 

    (a) A health plan that provides coverage to a Minnesota 
 resident must cover adopted children of the insured, subscriber, 
 participant, or enrollee on the same basis as other dependents.  
 Consequently, the plan shall not contain any provision 
 concerning preexisting condition limitations, insurability, 
 eligibility, or health underwriting approval concerning children 
 placed for adoption with the participant.  

    (b) The coverage required by this section is effective from 
 the date of placement for adoption.  For purposes of this 
 section, placement for adoption means the assumption and 
 retention by a person of a legal obligation for total or partial 
 support of a child in anticipation of adoption of the child.  
 The child's placement with a person terminates upon the 
 termination of the legal obligation for total or partial support.

    (c) For the purpose of this section, health plan includes 
 coverage offered by community integrated service networks 
 coverage that is designed solely to provide dental or vision 
 care and any plan under the federal Employee Retirement Income 
 Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), United States Code, title 29, 
 sections 1001 to 1461. 

    HIST: 1983 c 56 s 1; 1985 c 49 s 41; 1987 c 337 s 53; 1988 c 
 656 s 4; 1995 c 207 art 10 s 4; 1997 c 225 art 2 s 62