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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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter 24<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":215445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74752,"identifier":"38.2-3435","token":"38.2\/34\/5\/38.2-3435","url":"\/38.2-3435\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3435\/","token":"38.2\/34\/5\/38.2-3435","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exclusions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3435","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The provisions of this article shall not apply to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Any health insurance<\/span> issuer offering group health insurance<\/span> coverage for any plan year if, on the first day of such plan year, such plan has less than two participants who are current employees; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Any health insurance<\/span> issuer offering group health insurance<\/span> coverage for any of the excepted benefits. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCLUSIONS (\u00a7 38.2-3435)\n\nThe provisions of this article shall not apply to:\n\n1. Any health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage for any\nplan year if, on the first day of such plan year, such plan has less than two\nparticipants who are current employees; or\n\n2. Any health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage for any\nof the excepted benefits.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 807, 913; 1998, c. 24.","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}}