§ 38.2-3444 Preexisting condition exclusions
A. Notwithstanding any provision of § 38.2-508.1, 38.2-3432.3, 38.2-3438, 38.2-3503, 38.2-3520, or any other section of this title to the contrary, a health carrier providing individual or group health insurance coverage shall not limit or exclude coverage for an individual by imposing a preexisting condition exclusion on that individual.
B. A health carrier that offers individual health insurance coverage may offer coverage continuously throughout the year or during an open enrollment period.
C. This section shall apply to any health carrier providing individual or group health insurance coverage, including a grandfathered plan for group health insurance coverage, but not including a grandfathered plan for individual health insurance coverage.
History
This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 882 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2013, chapters 136, 210, and 751.
2011, c. 882; 2013, cc. 136, 210, 751.