Dependent Eligibility

Eligible dependents covered under employee health plans are:

• Legal spouse or registered domestic partner;
• Legal dependent children or stepchildren, and/or registered  domestic partner's children;
• Dependent children under age 19, and from age 19 until 24 if enrolled as full-time students;
• Disabled dependents over age 18, as defined by the health plans;
• Kaiser Permanente members only:  A grandchild when the grandchild is the child of an enrolled dependent child.

A dependent must be added to a health plan within 30 days of loss of other coverage, adoption, birth, legal guardianship, marriage, or establishment of registered domestic partnership.  If not, dependents can be added only during Annual Open Enrollment in November, for coverage effective January 1 the following year.

Ineligible dependents must be dropped from coverage within 30 days of a divorce, legal separation or dissolution of registered domestic partnership; or when an overage dependent is not a full-time student or gets married.  Employees failing to drop ineligible dependents will be held liable for repayment of health premiums and reimbursement for medical expenses.