{"data":{"id":"us-mt/40-5-818","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"40-5-818","heading":"Nonexclusion -- nondiscrimination by health benefit plan.","body":"A health benefit plan may not deny or limit enrollment of an obligated parent's child or discriminate against a child because:\n(1) the child is not claimed as a dependent on the obligated parent's state or federal income tax return or considered as a dependent for tax purposes;\n(2) the child was born out of wedlock;\n(3) the child does not reside with the obligated parent;\n(4) the child does not reside in the health plan's service area. A plan that provides medical care at particular locations or geographic areas shall also provide comparable benefits for a child whose residence or location is elsewhere.\n(5) the natural child of the obligated parent has a preexisting condition, unless the plan does not provide for enrollment or provides only for limited enrollment of children with preexisting conditions.","path":["TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT","Part 8. Medical Support Order Enforcement"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0400/chapter_0050/part_0080/section_0180/0400-0050-0080-0180.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:56Z","sha256":"12e70d6096f1a51cb5e8e899e5155ea68cdcd81f7de2af053af5d03f81101db4","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/40-5-817","next":"us-mt/40-5-819"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}