§ 38.2-508.3 Consideration of Medicaid eligibility prohibited
A. No person shall, in determining the eligibility of an individual for coverage under an individual or group accident and sickness policy, health services plan or health maintenance organization contract, consider the eligibility of such individual for medical assistance (“Medicaid”) from this Commonwealth or from any other state.
B. No person shall, in determining benefits payable to, or on behalf of an individual covered under an individual or group accident and sickness policy, health services plan or health maintenance organization contract, take into account the eligibility of such individual for medical assistance (“Medicaid”) from this Commonwealth or from any other state.
History
This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 213 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.
1994, c. 213.