Eligible at initial enrollment. Newborn infants are automatically covered for 31 days after birth. For uninterrupted coverage, an Enrollment Application must be submitted to the County Personnel Department within 31 days of birth. Dependent children are eligible until the age of 19 or the age of 23 if they are a full-time student or you are their primary means of support. Children are NOT eligible if they join the Armed Forces.
Adopted children are eligible from the date of placement for adoption.
Placement means the assumption and retention by a person of a legal obligation for total or partial support of a child in anticipation of the adoption of the child. An Enrollment Application must be submitted to the County Personnel Department within 31 days of becoming eligible.