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The amount recovered as authorized by this section shall be in addition to the amounts authorized for recovery under \u00a7 8.01-27.1. 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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 909<\/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 2005, chapter 141<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68293,"section_number":"8.01-27.1","catch_line":"Additional recovery in certain civil actions concerning checks or rejected electronic funds transfers","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-27.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":280391,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64489,"identifier":"8.01-27.4","token":"8.01\/3\/2\/8.01-27.4","url":"\/8.01-27.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-27.4\/","token":"8.01\/3\/2\/8.01-27.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Civil recovery for professional services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-27.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the event any insured or enrollee of an accident and sickness insurance policy, health services plan or health maintenance organization receives payment from the insurance company, health services plan or health maintenance organization licensed under Title 38.2, pursuant to a claim that involves the provision of services to the insured or enrollee by a professional licensed under Title 54.1, and within 30 days of receipt of the payment does not forward the payment with the necessary endorsement to the professional for application towards the unpaid balance on the professional services subject to the claim, the professional may in a civil action<\/span> brought by the filing of a warrant in debt recover from the insured or enrollee the lesser of $250 or three times the amount of the payment, together with the amount of the payment. The amount recovered as authorized by this section shall be in addition to the amounts authorized for recovery under \u00a7 8.01-27.1<\/a>. No action may be initiated under this section unless the professional, prior to receipt of payment by the insured or enrollee, forwards to the insured or enrollee via first class mail an invoice for services rendered.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCIVIL RECOVERY FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (\u00a7 8.01-27.4)\n\nIn the event any insured or enrollee of an accident and sickness insurance\npolicy, health services plan or health maintenance organization receives payment\nfrom the insurance company, health services plan or health maintenance\norganization licensed under Title 38.2, pursuant to a claim that involves the\nprovision of services to the insured or enrollee by a professional licensed\nunder Title 54.1, and within 30 days of receipt of the payment does not forward\nthe payment with the necessary endorsement to the professional for application\ntowards the unpaid balance on the professional services subject to the claim,\nthe professional may in a civil action brought by the filing of a warrant in\ndebt recover from the insured or enrollee the lesser of $250 or three times the\namount of the payment, together with the amount of the payment. The amount\nrecovered as authorized by this section shall be in addition to the amounts\nauthorized for recovery under \u00a7 8.01-27.1. No action may be initiated under\nthis section unless the professional, prior to receipt of payment by the insured\nor enrollee, forwards to the insured or enrollee via first class mail an invoice\nfor services rendered.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 909; 2005, c. 141.","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}}