A.  Any unmarried child who is placed in the home of an insured pursuant to an adoption placement agreement executed with an adoption agency licensed in accordance with the Child Care Facility and Child-Placing Agency Licensing Act, La. Rev. Stat. 46:1401 et seq., or corresponding law of any other state, shall be considered a dependent child of the insured from the date of placement in the home of the insured under the provisions of any individual, group, family group, blanket, or association health and accident insurance policy issued in this state.  Coverage available under the policy shall be in accordance with the provisions of the contract of insurance.

B.  Any unmarried child who is placed in the home of an insured pursuant to Title XI, XII, or XII-A of the Louisiana Children’s Code, following execution of an act of voluntary surrender in favor of the insured or the insured’s legal representative shall be considered a dependent child of the insured under the provisions of any individual, group, family group, blanket, or association health and accident insurance policy issued in this state from the date on which the act of voluntary surrender becomes irrevocable.  The clerk of the court having jurisdiction of the adoption matter is hereby authorized to issue, upon request of the insured or the insured’s legal representative, a certificate setting forth the name of the child, the date of execution of the act of voluntary surrender, and the date on which the act of voluntary surrender became irrevocable.  Coverage available under the policy shall be in accordance with the provisions of the contract of insurance.

Acts 1988, No. 746, §1; Acts 2003, No. 129, §1, eff. May 28, 2003; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:227 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 919, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

NOTE:  Former La. Rev. Stat. 22:1004 redesignated as La. Rev. Stat. 22:694 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.