Are there any laws concerning an adopted child being covered onan individual medical insurance policy?

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Are there any laws concerning an adopted child being covered onan individual medical insurance policy?

The child is from Ukraine and has some pre-existing conditions. I am still out of the country but need the child to be medically covered by insurance when I return so that I can take him to US doctors to correctly assess and treat any problems.

Asked on October 19, 2010 under Insurance Law, Kansas

Answers:

MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 13 years ago | Contributor

Every medical coverage is different.  Adopted children are treated under your medical insurance program like your own natural children.  Some insurance policies allow open dates to change the policy to add or delete insureds based on a change of life (like birth) but you need to determine if your insurance policy allows that.  Further, if that is allowed and you don't need to wait for an open enrollment period, you need to then find out if there is a certain time period you need to wait for the policy to be active for that new insured (like a month or a week). 


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