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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71696</law_id><section_number>38.2-3509</section_number><catch_line>Denial or reduction of benefits because of existence of other like insurance</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="35">Accident and Sickness Insurance Policies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Individual Accident and Sickness Insurance Policies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No individual accident and sickness <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy, nor any subscription <span class="dictionary">contract</span> as provided for in Chapter 42 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Applicability of chapter" href="/38.2-4200/">38.2-4200</a> et seq.) of this title, delivered or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth shall contain any provision for the denial or reduction of benefits because of the existence of other like <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> except to the extent that the aggregate benefits, with respect to the covered medical expenses incurred under the policy or plan and all other like <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> with other <span class="dictionary">insurers</span>, exceed all covered medical expenses incurred. <a id="paragraph-258334" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3509/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The term &#x201C;other like <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>&#x201D; may include group <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> or coverage provided by hospital or medical service organizations, union welfare plans, employer or employee benefit organizations, or workers&#x2019; compensation <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>. <a id="paragraph-258335" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3509/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1970, c. 378, &#xA7; 38.1-355; 1986, c. 562.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
