{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-376.820","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.820","heading":"Insurers may not deny coverage of child because of marital status of parents, residence or income tax dependency claim.","body":"No individual or group insurance policy providing coverage on an expense-incurred basis, no individual or group service or indemnity contract issued by a not-for-profit health services corporation, no health maintenance organization nor any self-insured group health benefit plan of any type or description shall be offered, issued or renewed in this state on or after July 1, 1994, by an insurer, including a group health plan, as defined in section 607(1) of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, that denies enrollment of a child under the health coverage of the child's parent on the grounds that:\n(1) The child was born out of wedlock; or\n(2) The child is not claimed as a dependent on the parent's federal income tax return; or\n(3) The child does not reside with the parent or in the insurer's service area.","path":["Title XXIV - BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS","Chapter 376 - Life, Health and Accident Insurance"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=376.820","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:27Z","sha256":"668370ed20c407336dbc26c4d32fcc6b608312b61b0b522e6517bc45533ec986","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-376.819","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-376.821"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}