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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74752</law_id><section_number>38.2-3435</section_number><catch_line>Exclusions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="5">Group Market Reforms and Individual Coverage Offered to Employees of Small Employers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The provisions of this article shall not apply to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any health <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> issuer offering group health <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> coverage for any plan year if, on the first day of such plan year, such plan has less than two participants who are current employees; or <a id="paragraph-268649" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3435/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any health <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> issuer offering group health <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> coverage for any of the excepted benefits. <a id="paragraph-268650" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3435/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1997, cc. 807, 913; 1998, c. 24.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
