§ 300bb–8.
(3)
Qualified beneficiary
(A)
In general
The term “qualified beneficiary” means, with respect to a covered employee under a group health plan, any other individual who, on the day before the qualifying event for that employee, is a beneficiary under the plan—
(i)
as the spouse of the covered employee, or
(ii)
as the dependent child of the employee.
Such term shall also include a child who is born to or placed for adoption with the covered employee during the period of continuation coverage under this subchapter.
(B)
Special rule for terminations and reduced employment
([July 1, 1944, ch. 373], title XXII, § 2208, as added [Pub. L. 99–272, title X, § 10003(a)], Apr. 7, 1986, [100 Stat. 236]; amended [Pub. L. 100–647, title III, § 3011(b)(7)], Nov. 10, 1988, [102 Stat. 3625]; [Pub. L. 101–239, title VI, § 6801(c)(1)], Dec. 19, 1989, [103 Stat. 2297]; [Pub. L. 104–191, title I, § 102(d)], title III, § 321(d)(3), title IV, § 421(a)(3), Aug. 21, 1996, [110 Stat. 1978], 2059, 2088; [Pub. L. 114–255, div. C, title XVIII, § 18001(c)(2)], Dec. 13, 2016, [130 Stat. 1344].)