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(iii) the provisions of such coverage relating to any preexisting condition exclusion; and (iv) the benefits and premiums available under all health insurance coverage for which the employer is qualified.\n\t\tA health insurance issuer is not required under this article to disclose any information that is proprietary and trade secret information.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":209657,"text":"Any health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage to a employer shall make a reasonable disclosure of the availability of information to such an employer, as part of its solicitation and sales materials, and upon request of such an employer, information concerning: (i) the provisions of such coverage concerning the health insurance issuer&#8217;s right to change premium rates and the factors that may affect changes in premium rates; (ii) the provisions of such coverage relating to renewability of coverage; (iii) the provisions of such coverage relating to any preexisting condition exclusion; 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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":215441,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57232,"identifier":"38.2-3434","token":"38.2\/34\/5\/38.2-3434","url":"\/38.2-3434\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3434\/","token":"38.2\/34\/5\/38.2-3434","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disclosure of information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3434","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any health <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> issuer offering health <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> coverage to a employer shall make a reasonable disclosure of the availability of information to such an employer, as part of its solicitation and sales <span class=\"dictionary\">materials<\/span>, and upon request of such an employer, information concerning: (i) the provisions of such coverage concerning the health <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> issuer&#8217;s right to change premium <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">rates<\/span><\/span> and the factors that may affect changes in premium <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">rates<\/span><\/span>; (ii) the provisions of such coverage relating to renewability of coverage; (iii) the provisions of such coverage relating to any preexisting condition exclusion; and (iv) the benefits and premiums available under all health <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> coverage for which the employer is qualified.\n\t\tA health <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> issuer is not required under this article to disclose any information that is proprietary and trade secret information.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION (\u00a7 38.2-3434)\n\nAny health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage to a employer\nshall make a reasonable disclosure of the availability of information to such an\nemployer, as part of its solicitation and sales materials, and upon request of\nsuch an employer, information concerning: (i) the provisions of such coverage\nconcerning the health insurance issuer&#8217;s right to change premium rates and\nthe factors that may affect changes in premium rates; (ii) the provisions of\nsuch coverage relating to renewability of coverage; (iii) the provisions of such\ncoverage relating to any preexisting condition exclusion; and (iv) the benefits\nand premiums available under all health insurance coverage for which the\nemployer is qualified.\n\t\tA health insurance issuer is not required under this article to disclose any\ninformation that is proprietary and trade secret information.\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}}