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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58957</law_id><section_number>38.2-3415</section_number><catch_line>Exclusion or reduction of benefits for certain causes prohibited</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-4509</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><p>No group accident and sickness <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy, nor any group subscription <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, delivered or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth or renewed, reissued or extended if already issued, shall contain any provision excluding or reducing the benefits of any insured or subscriber because benefits have been paid or are payable under any individually underwritten and individually issued policy or subscription <span class="dictionary">contract</span> providing exclusively for accident and sickness benefits and for which the entire premium has been paid by the insured, a member of the insured&#x2019;s family, or the insured&#x2019;s guardian or conservator.</p></section></text><history>1978, c. 496, &#xA7; 38.1-348.10; 1986, c. 562; 1997, c. 801.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
