RCW 41.05.095
Unmarried dependents under the age of twenty-five. (Effective January 1, 2009.)

(1) Any plan offered to employees under this chapter must offer each employee the option of covering any unmarried dependent of the employee under the age of twenty-five.

     (2) Any employee choosing under subsection (1) of this section to cover a dependent who is: (a) Age twenty through twenty-three and not a registered student at an accredited secondary school, college, university, vocational school, or school of nursing; or (b) age twenty-four, shall be required to pay the full cost of such coverage.

     (3) Any employee choosing under subsection (1) of this section to cover a dependent with disabilities, developmental disabilities, mental illness, or mental retardation, who is incapable of self-support, may continue covering that dependent under the same premium and payment structure as for dependents under the age of twenty, irrespective of age.

[2007 c 259 § 18.]

NOTES:

     Effective date -- 2007 c 259 §§ 18-22: "Sections 18 through 22 of this act take effect January 1, 2009." [2007 c 259 § 72.]

     Severability -- Subheadings not law -- 2007 c 259: See notes following RCW 41.05.033.