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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55621</law_id><section_number>38.2-3409</section_number><catch_line>Coverage of dependent children</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-4214</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="34">Provisions Relating to Accident and Sickness Insurance</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Mandated Benefits</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any group or individual accident and sickness <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy or subscription <span class="dictionary">contract</span> delivered or issued for delivery in the Commonwealth which provides that coverage of a dependent child shall terminate upon that child&#x2019;s attainment of a specified age, shall also provide in substance that attainment of the specified age shall not terminate the child&#x2019;s coverage during the <span class="dictionary">continuance</span> of the policy while the dependent child is and continues to be both: (i) incapable of self-sustaining employment by reason of intellectual or physical disability and (ii) chiefly dependent upon the policyowner for support and maintenance. <a id="paragraph-203906" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3409/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Proof of incapacity and dependency shall be furnished to the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> by the policyowner within 31 days of the child&#x2019;s attainment of the specified age. Subsequent proof may be required by the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> but not more frequently than annually after the two-year period following the child&#x2019;s attainment of the specified age. <a id="paragraph-203907" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3409/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> may charge an additional premium for any continuation of coverage beyond the specified age. The additional premium shall be determined by the <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> on the basis of the class of risks applicable to the child. <a id="paragraph-203908" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3409/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1968, c. 411, &#xA7; 38.1-348.1; 1974, c. 95; 1986, c. 562; 2012, cc. 476, 507; 2023, cc. 148, 149.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
