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42 U.S. Code § 1396g-1. Required laws relating to medical child support
(a) In generalThe laws relating to medical child support, which a State is required to have in effect under section 1396a(a)(60) of this title, are as follows:
(1) A law that prohibits an insurer from denying enrollment of a child under the health coverage of the child’s parent on the ground that—
(A)
the child was born out of wedlock,
(B)
the child is not claimed as a dependent on the parent’s Federal income tax return, or
(C)
the child does not reside with the parent or in the insurer’s service area.
(2) In any case in which a parent is required by a court or administrative order to provide health coverage for a child and the parent is eligible for family health coverage through an insurer, a law that requires such insurer—
(A)
to permit such parent to enroll under such family coverage any such child who is otherwise eligible for such coverage (without regard to any enrollment season restrictions);
(B)
if such a parent is enrolled but fails to make application to obtain coverage of such child, to enroll such child under such family coverage upon application by the child’s other parent or by the State agency administering the program under this subchapter or part D of subchapter IV; and
(C) not to disenroll (or eliminate coverage of) such a child unless the insurer is provided satisfactory written evidence that—
(i)
such court or administrative order is no longer in effect, or
(ii)
the child is or will be enrolled in comparable health coverage through another insurer which will take effect not later than the effective date of such disenrollment.