{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-689c.187","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 689C.187","heading":"Manner and period for enrolling dependent of covered employee; period of special enrollment.","body":"1. A health benefit plan and a carrier of such a plan that makes coverage available to the dependent of a covered employee shall permit the employee to enroll a dependent after the close of a period of open enrollment if:\n(a) The employee is a participant in the health benefit plan, or has met any waiting period applicable to becoming a participant and is eligible to be enrolled under the plan, except for a failure to enroll during a previous period of open enrollment; and\n(b) The person to be enrolled became a dependent of the employee through marriage, birth, adoption or placement for adoption.\n2. The health benefit plan or carrier shall provide a period of special enrollment for the enrollment of a dependent of an employee pursuant to this section. Such a period must be not less than 30 days and must begin on:\n(a) The date specified by the health benefit plan or carrier for the period of special enrollment; or\n(b) The date of the marriage, birth, adoption or placement for adoption, as appropriate.\n3. If an employee seeks to enroll a dependent during the first 30 days of the period for special enrollment provided pursuant to subsection 2, the coverage of the dependent becomes effective:\n(a) In the case of a marriage, not later than the first day of the first month beginning after the date on which the completed request for enrollment is received;\n(b) In the case of a birth, on the date of the birth; and\n(c) In the case of an adoption or placement for adoption, on the date of the adoption or the placement for adoption.\n4. In the case of a birth, an adoption or a placement for adoption of a child of an employee, the spouse of the employee may be enrolled as a dependent pursuant to this section if the spouse is otherwise eligible for coverage under the health benefit plan.","path":["TITLE 57 — INSURANCE","CHAPTER 689C - HEALTH INSURANCE FOR SMALL EMPLOYERS","HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-689C.html#NRS689CSec187","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:46Z","sha256":"7ed17fd24d7ff889c4ebd537e90e953fa9caf77bd0a49f5869c09ec993bb79f2","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-689c.183","next":"us-nv/nrs-689c.190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}