HRS §431:10A-208
Qualified medical child support order
This section says employers must accept a child named in a qualified medical child support order as eligible for health coverage, even if it's not open enrollment season. The order itself must list the child and parent, describe coverage, state how long it applies, and name the plan. It cannot force a plan to offer benefits it doesn't already provide.
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The statute, as written — Qualified medical child support order
(a) An employer, who provides health coverage to dependent children of an employee, shall recognize a child identified in a qualified medical child support order as an eligible dependent without regard to any enrollment season restrictions. (b) A qualified medical child support order shall: (1) Specify the name and last known mailing address, if any, of the plan member and the name and mailing address of each recipient child covered by the order; (2) Include a reasonable description of the type of coverage to be provided to the recipient child, or the manner in which the type of coverage is to be determined; (3) State the period during which it applies; (4) Specify the plan to which it applies; and (5) Not require a plan to provide any type or form of benefit or option that the plan does not otherwise provide.
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