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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 916<\/a> and 917<\/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":65778,"section_number":"2.2-2900","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2900\/"},{"id":75224,"section_number":"2.2-3000","catch_line":"Policy of the Commonwealth; responsibilities of state agencies under this chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3000\/"},{"id":70034,"section_number":"2.2-4300","catch_line":"Short title; purpose; declaration of intent","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":218391,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62589,"identifier":"38.2-6511","token":"38.2\/65\/38.2-6511","url":"\/38.2-6511\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-6511\/","token":"38.2\/65\/38.2-6511","dublin_core":{"Title":"Procurement, contracting, and personnel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-6511","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> may contract<\/span> with other eligible entities and enter into memoranda of understanding with other agencies of the Commonwealth to carry out any of the functions of the Exchange, including agreements with other states<\/span> or federal agencies to perform joint administrative functions. Such contracts<\/span> are not subject to the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300<\/a> et seq.). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Exchange shall not enter into contracts<\/span> with any health carrier<\/span> or an affiliate of a health carrier<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Employees of the Exchange shall be (i) exempt from application of the Virginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900<\/a> et seq.) and Chapter 30 (§ 2.2-3000<\/a> et seq.) of Title 2.2, as hereinafter amended or recodified, to the same extent as other employees of the Commission<\/span>; (ii) eligible for participation in the Virginia Retirement System to the same extent as other similarly situated employees of the Commission<\/span>; and (iii) compensated and managed in accordance with the Commission<\/span>’s practices and policies applicable to all Commission<\/span> employees. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCUREMENT, CONTRACTING, AND PERSONNEL (\u00a7 38.2-6511)\n\nA. The Commission may contract with other eligible entities and enter into\nmemoranda of understanding with other agencies of the Commonwealth to carry out\nany of the functions of the Exchange, including agreements with other states or\nfederal agencies to perform joint administrative functions. Such contracts are\nnot subject to the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.).\n\nB. The Exchange shall not enter into contracts with any health carrier or an\naffiliate of a health carrier.\n\nC. Employees of the Exchange shall be (i) exempt from application of the\nVirginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.) and Chapter 30 (§ 2.2-3000\net seq.) of Title 2.2, as hereinafter amended or recodified, to the same extent\nas other employees of the Commission; (ii) eligible for participation in the\nVirginia Retirement System to the same extent as other similarly situated\nemployees of the Commission; and (iii) compensated and managed in accordance\nwith the Commission’s practices and policies applicable to all Commission\nemployees.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 916, 917.","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}}