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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 503<\/a> and 572<\/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":77304,"section_number":"38.2-5800","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-5800\/"}],"permalink":{"id":217927,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57276,"identifier":"38.2-5602.1","token":"38.2\/56\/38.2-5602.1","url":"\/38.2-5602.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-5602.1\/","token":"38.2\/56\/38.2-5602.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Operation of health savings accounts; high deductible health plans","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-5602.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Health savings accounts may be established in the Commonwealth pursuant to applicable federal law<\/span> and regulation. Unless otherwise prohibited by any provision of this title, any health carrier, as defined in \u00a7 38.2-5800<\/a>, authorized to conduct business in the Commonwealth may offer a high deductible health plan that would qualify for and may be offered in conjunction with a health savings account pursuant to \u00a7 223 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPERATION OF HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLANS (\u00a7\n38.2-5602.1)\n\nHealth savings accounts may be established in the Commonwealth pursuant to\napplicable federal law and regulation. Unless otherwise prohibited by any\nprovision of this title, any health carrier, as defined in \u00a7 38.2-5800,\nauthorized to conduct business in the Commonwealth may offer a high deductible\nhealth plan that would qualify for and may be offered in conjunction with a\nhealth savings account pursuant to \u00a7 223 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,\nas amended.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 503, 572.","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}}