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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0807\">807<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0913\">913<\/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. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0024\">24<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0814\">814<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86672,"section_number":"38.2-3430.3","catch_line":"Guaranteed availability of individual health insurance coverage to certain individuals with prior group coverage","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3430.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":215399,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64965,"identifier":"38.2-3430.6","token":"38.2\/34\/4.1\/38.2-3430.6","url":"\/38.2-3430.6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3430.6\/","token":"38.2\/34\/4.1\/38.2-3430.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Market requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3430.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Guaranteed availability of individual health insurance coverage to certain individuals with prior group coverage\" href=\"\/38.2-3430.3\/\">38.2-3430.3<\/a> shall not be construed to require that a health <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> issuer offering health <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> coverage only in connection with group health plans or through one or more bona fide associations, or both, offer such health <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> coverage in the individual market.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMARKET REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7 38.2-3430.6)\n\nThe provisions of \u00a7 38.2-3430.3 shall not be construed to require that a health\ninsurance issuer offering health insurance coverage only in connection with\ngroup health plans or through one or more bona fide associations, or both, offer\nsuch health insurance coverage in the individual market.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 807, 913; 1998, c. 24; 2014, c. 814.","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}}