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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 726 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. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1986, chapter 562; in 1992, chapter 225; in 1996, chapter 11<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55183,"section_number":"38.2-3902","catch_line":"Classes of insurance that may be written by mutual assessment life, accident and sickness insurers","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3902\/"},{"id":84641,"section_number":"38.2-3921","catch_line":"Limitation on single risk to be assumed","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3921\/"},{"id":65309,"section_number":"38.2-4123","catch_line":"Exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4123\/"},{"id":55347,"section_number":"38.2-4214","catch_line":"Application of certain provisions of law","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4214\/"},{"id":62548,"section_number":"38.2-4509","catch_line":"Application of certain laws","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4509\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":216005,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84516,"identifier":"38.2-3600","token":"38.2\/36\/38.2-3600","url":"\/38.2-3600\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3600\/","token":"38.2\/36\/38.2-3600","dublin_core":{"Title":"Medicare supplement policy; definition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3600","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

“Medicare<\/span> supplement policy” means an individual or group accident and sickness insurance<\/span> policy or certificate, or a health maintenance organization subscription contract<\/span> or evidence<\/span> of coverage, issued or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth which is (i) designed primarily to supplement Medicare<\/span> by providing benefits for payment of hospital, medical or surgical expenses, or (ii) advertised, marketed or otherwise purported to be a supplement to Medicare<\/span>.\n\t\tFor group policies, the term does not include a policy or contract<\/span> of one or more employers or labor organizations, or of the trustees of a fund established by one or more employers or labor organizations, or a combination of employees and labor organizations, for employees, former employees, or a combination of employees and labor organizations or for members or former members, or combination thereof, of the labor organizations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEDICARE SUPPLEMENT POLICY; DEFINITION (\u00a7 38.2-3600)\n\n“Medicare supplement policy” means an individual or group accident\nand sickness insurance policy or certificate, or a health maintenance\norganization subscription contract or evidence of coverage, issued or issued for\ndelivery in this Commonwealth which is (i) designed primarily to supplement\nMedicare by providing benefits for payment of hospital, medical or surgical\nexpenses, or (ii) advertised, marketed or otherwise purported to be a supplement\nto Medicare.\n\t\tFor group policies, the term does not include a policy or contract of one or\nmore employers or labor organizations, or of the trustees of a fund established\nby one or more employers or labor organizations, or a combination of employees\nand labor organizations, for employees, former employees, or a combination of\nemployees and labor organizations or for members or former members, or\ncombination thereof, of the labor organizations.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 726, \u00a7 38.1-362.7; 1986, c. 562; 1992, c. 225; 1996, c. 11.","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}}