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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 807<\/a> and 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86404,"section_number":"38.2-3431","catch_line":"Application of article; definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3431\/"}],"permalink":{"id":215411,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67431,"identifier":"38.2-3430.9","token":"38.2\/34\/4.1\/38.2-3430.9","url":"\/38.2-3430.9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3430.9\/","token":"38.2\/34\/4.1\/38.2-3430.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulations establishing standards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3430.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> may adopt regulations to enable it to establish and administer such standards relating to the provisions of this article and Article 5 (§ 38.2-3431<\/a> et seq.) of this chapter as may be necessary to (i) implement the requirements of this article and (ii) assure that the Commonwealth’s regulation of health insurance<\/span> issuers is not preempted pursuant to P. L. 104-191 (The Health Insurance<\/span> Portability & Accountability Act of 1996). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> may revise or amend<\/span> such regulations and may increase the scope of the regulations to the extent necessary to maintain federal approval of the Commonwealth’s program for regulation of health insurance<\/span> issuers pursuant to the requirements established by the United States<\/span> Department of Health and Human Services. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall annually advise the standing committees of the General Assembly having jurisdiction<\/span> over insurance<\/span> matters of revisions and amendments made pursuant to subsection B. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATIONS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS (\u00a7 38.2-3430.9)\n\nA. The Commission may adopt regulations to enable it to establish and administer\nsuch standards relating to the provisions of this article and Article 5 (§\n38.2-3431 et seq.) of this chapter as may be necessary to (i) implement the\nrequirements of this article and (ii) assure that the Commonwealth’s\nregulation of health insurance issuers is not preempted pursuant to P. L.\n104-191 (The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996).\n\nB. The Commission may revise or amend such regulations and may increase the\nscope of the regulations to the extent necessary to maintain federal approval of\nthe Commonwealth’s program for regulation of health insurance issuers\npursuant to the requirements established by the United States Department of\nHealth and Human Services.\n\nC. The Commission shall annually advise the standing committees of the General\nAssembly having jurisdiction over insurance matters of revisions and amendments\nmade pursuant to subsection B.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 807, 913.","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}}