What Is Dawn? Dawn refers to the transition from night to day as the sky gets brighter and the morning twilight heralds the beginning of a new day. The term has different colloquial meanings, but there is also a scientific definition. Dawn on Santorini island, Greece.
Summary The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires benefit plans that provide coverage for dependents to cover adult children to age 26, effective for plan renewals beginning on or after September 23, 2010.randfathered plans may voluntarily offer to cover dependents to 26 without jeopardizing their grandfather status. In contrast, non-grandfathered plans are required to extend the coverage as of plan renewal on or after September 23, 2010, regardless of eligibility for other employer coverage.
Child no longer qualifies as a dependent - the child can elect continuation coverage for up to 36 months under both federal and state law. Under the new federal health reform law, a dependent can stay on the parent's group health plan until he/she turns 26, unless it is a grandfathered plan.