Dependent Eligibility and Required Proof of Relationship

 

Insurance DependentEligibilityRequired Documents
Spouse For all plans: your spouse (person to whom you are legally married under Alabama law) Marriage Certificate and one other document to show marriage is still current (see below)
Biological Child/Step-Child For the health plan: your child under age 26 regardless of marital status or enrollment in school and who is not eligible for employer-sponsored health insurance through his/her or his/her spouse's employer

For all other plans: your unmarried child under age 24 while a full-time student in a state accredited school, not working full-time and chiefly depending on you for support and who is not enlisted in the military
Birth Certificate of Child
or
Record of Birth issued by hospital for newborn
and
Marriage Certificate if covering step-child
Adopted Child For the health plan: your child under age 26 regardless of marital status or enrollment in school and who is not eligible for employer-sponsored health insurance through his/her or his/her spouse's employer

For all other plans: your unmarried child under age 24 while a full-time student in a state accredited school, not working full-time and chiefly depending on you for support and who is not enlisted in the military
Valid court order of adoption or
Valid pre-adoption placement order issued by a licensed child placement agency
In addition to marriage certificate one of the following documents is required:
  • Page 1 and signature page of most recent federal income tax return (listing spouse) as filed with the IRS
  • Page 1 and Certificate of Electronic Filing or transmission page of most recent federal income tax return (listing spouse) as filed with the IRS

 

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