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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 213<\/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":217521,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79096,"identifier":"38.2-508.3","token":"38.2\/5\/38.2-508.3","url":"\/38.2-508.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-508.3\/","token":"38.2\/5\/38.2-508.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Consideration of Medicaid eligibility prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-508.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person<\/span> shall, in determining the eligibility of an individual for coverage under an individual or group accident and sickness policy, health services plan<\/span> or health maintenance organization contract<\/span>, consider the eligibility of such individual for medical assistance (“Medicaid”) from this Commonwealth or from any other state<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No person<\/span> shall, in determining benefits payable to, or on behalf of an individual covered under an individual or group accident and sickness policy, health services plan<\/span> or health maintenance organization contract<\/span>, take into account the eligibility of such individual for medical assistance (“Medicaid”) from this Commonwealth or from any other state<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSIDERATION OF MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY PROHIBITED (\u00a7 38.2-508.3)\n\nA. No person shall, in determining the eligibility of an individual for coverage\nunder an individual or group accident and sickness policy, health services plan\nor health maintenance organization contract, consider the eligibility of such\nindividual for medical assistance (“Medicaid”) from this\nCommonwealth or from any other state.\n\nB. No person shall, in determining benefits payable to, or on behalf of an\nindividual covered under an individual or group accident and sickness policy,\nhealth services plan or health maintenance organization contract, take into\naccount the eligibility of such individual for medical assistance\n(“Medicaid”) from this Commonwealth or from any other state.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 213.","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}}