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If a group health plan does not provide any dependent coverage, may the NMSN require the plan to provide for a child of a participant pursuant to a QMCSO?

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If a group health plan does not provide any dependent coverage, may the NMSN require the plan to provide for a child of a participant pursuant to a QMCSO?

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No. A medical child support order is not qualified if it requires a plan to provide a type or form of benefit or option not otherwise available under the plan. Therefore, a NMSN may not require a plan to provide dependent coverage when that option is not otherwise available under the plan.