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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74003</law_id><section_number>38.2-3516</section_number><catch_line>Purpose</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-3607</reference><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="35">Accident and Sickness Insurance Policies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Accident and Sickness Insurance Minimum Standards</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The purpose of this article is to authorize the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, pursuant to the authority granted in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Rules and regulations; orders" href="/38.2-223/">38.2-223</a>, to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> rules and regulations to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Establish the minimum standards for filing of <span class="dictionary">policy</span> <span class="dictionary">forms</span> for individual and small group health benefit plans as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/38.2-3438/">38.2-3438</a>; <a id="paragraph-266197" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3516/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Establish the minimum standards, terms, and coverages for individual and group accident and sickness policies known as excepted benefits, as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application of article; definitions" href="/38.2-3431/">38.2-3431</a>; and <a id="paragraph-266198" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3516/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Establish the minimum standards for short-term limited-duration <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>.
			The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall ensure that <span class="dictionary">policy</span> standards are simple and understandable and are not misleading or unreasonably confusing and that the sale of such policies provides for full disclosure. <a id="paragraph-266199" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3516/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1980, c. 204, &#xA7; 38.1-362.11; 1986, c. 562; 2022, c. 531.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
