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No provision of this title shall render a resident of this Commonwealth liable for any penalty, assessment, fee, or fine as a result of his failure to procure or obtain health insurance coverage. This section shall not apply to individuals voluntarily applying for coverage under a state-administered program pursuant to Title XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act. This section shall not apply to students being required by an institution of higher education to obtain and maintain health insurance as a condition of enrollment. 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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 106<\/a>, 107<\/a>, 108<\/a>, and 818<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":215375,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55143,"identifier":"38.2-3430.1:1","token":"38.2\/34\/4.1\/38.2-3430.1_1","url":"\/38.2-3430.1_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3430.1_1\/","token":"38.2\/34\/4.1\/38.2-3430.1_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Health insurance coverage not required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3430.1:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No resident of this Commonwealth, regardless of whether he has or is eligible for health insurance<\/span> coverage under any policy or program provided by or through his employer, or a plan sponsored by the Commonwealth or the federal government, shall be required to obtain or maintain a policy of individual insurance<\/span> coverage except as required by a court<\/span> or the Department of Social Services where an individual is named a party<\/span> in a judicial or administrative proceeding. No provision of this title shall render a resident of this Commonwealth liable for any penalty<\/span>, assessment, fee, or fine as a result of his failure to procure or obtain health insurance<\/span> coverage. This section shall not apply to individuals voluntarily applying for coverage under a state<\/span>-administered program pursuant to Title XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act. This section shall not apply to students being required by an institution of higher education to obtain and maintain health insurance<\/span> as a condition of enrollment. Nothing herein shall impair the rights of persons<\/span> to privately contract<\/span> for health insurance<\/span> for family members or former family members.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE NOT REQUIRED (\u00a7 38.2-3430.1:1)\n\nNo resident of this Commonwealth, regardless of whether he has or is eligible\nfor health insurance coverage under any policy or program provided by or through\nhis employer, or a plan sponsored by the Commonwealth or the federal government,\nshall be required to obtain or maintain a policy of individual insurance\ncoverage except as required by a court or the Department of Social Services\nwhere an individual is named a party in a judicial or administrative proceeding.\nNo provision of this title shall render a resident of this Commonwealth liable\nfor any penalty, assessment, fee, or fine as a result of his failure to procure\nor obtain health insurance coverage. This section shall not apply to individuals\nvoluntarily applying for coverage under a state-administered program pursuant to\nTitle XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act. This section shall not apply\nto students being required by an institution of higher education to obtain and\nmaintain health insurance as a condition of enrollment. Nothing herein shall\nimpair the rights of persons to privately contract for health insurance for\nfamily members or former family members.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, cc. 106, 107, 108, 818.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}