Provides that any plan offered to public employees under chapter 41.05 RCW must offer each public employee the option of covering any unmarried dependent of the employee: (1) Under the age of twenty-five; or

(2) Under the age of thirty and a veteran, as defined in RCW 41.04.007, regardless of whether the dependent is enrolled in an educational institution.

Provides that any employee choosing under this act to cover a dependent who is: (1) Age twenty through twenty-three and not a registered student at an accredited secondary school, college, university, vocational school, or school of nursing; or

(2) Age twenty-four through twenty-nine, shall be required to pay the full cost of such coverage.