<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 58-17-2.3 - Dependent coverage termination--Age--Full-time students.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 58-17-2.3 - Dependent coverage termination--Age--Full-time students."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 58-17-2.3 - Dependent coverage termination--Age--Full-time students."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/58-17-2.3"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17-2.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127SENU">58-17-2.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127SENU">. </span><span class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127CL">Dependent coverage termination--Age--Full-time students.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127DefaultParagraphFont">No insurer or health carrier issuing health insurance coverage, other than excepted benefits, that provides dependent coverage for any qualifying child, as defined by rules promulgated pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17-87" rel="noopener"><span class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127DefaultParagraphFont">58-17-87</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127DefaultParagraphFont">, may terminate coverage due to attainment of a limiting age below age twenty-six. If the dependent remains a full-time student upon attaining the age of twenty-six, but not exceeding the age of twenty-nine, the insurer shall provide for the continuation of coverage for that dependent at the insured's option. However, the provisions of this section do not apply to any qualifying relative, as defined by rules promulgated pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17-87" rel="noopener"><span class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127DefaultParagraphFont">58-17-87</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127DefaultParagraphFont">, whose gross income is less than the exemption amount as prescribed by the director by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127DefaultParagraphFont">. Continuation of coverage for full-time students attaining the age of twenty-four is not required if the dependent has other creditable coverage in force nor required for any full-time students who attained the age of twenty-four prior to July 1, 2007.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127Normal"><span class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 265, § 1; SL 2007, ch 288, § 1; SL 2011, ch 216, § 2.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127DefaultParagraphFont-000003">Commission Note: </span><span class="s02a3820d5c574da2902109e3e9bda127DefaultParagraphFont">SL 2011, ch 216, § 19 provides: "The provisions of this Act are repealed if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (2010), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029 (2010) is found to be unconstitutional in its entirety by a final decision of a federal court of competent jurisdiction and all appeals exhausted or time for appeals elapsed."</span></p></div></body></html>