Summaries based on the original text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Passed by the US Senate 12-24-09. Passed by the US House of Representatives 3-21-10. Summary is for informational purposes only. Actual provisions and any amended portions of the bills apply).
Age for Dependent Children to be Covered;
- Health insurance providing coverage to dependent children will be required to make such coverage available to those dependents who are not married until the age of 26.
- Nothing in the new law requires an insurer to make coverage available to the “child of a dependent child.” (pp 22, lines 11-19)