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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57577</law_id><section_number>38.2-3531</section_number><catch_line>Additional exclusions and limitations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-3526</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="3">Group Accident and Sickness Insurance Policies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each group accident and sickness <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> policy shall contain a provision specifying all additional exclusions or limitations applicable under the policy for any disease or physical condition of a <span class="dictionary">person</span>, not otherwise excluded from the <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s coverage by name or specific description effective on the date of the <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s loss, which existed prior to the effective date of the <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s coverage under the policy. <a id="paragraph-210934" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3531/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any such exclusion or limitation may only apply to a disease or physical condition for which medical advice or treatment was received by the <span class="dictionary">person</span> during the twelve months prior to the effective date of the <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s coverage. The exclusion or limitation shall not apply to loss incurred or disability commencing after the earlier of (i) the end of a continuous period of twelve months commencing on or after the effective date of the <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s coverage during which the <span class="dictionary">person</span> receives no medical advice or treatment in connection with the disease or physical condition, or (ii) the end of the two-year period commencing on the effective date of the <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s coverage. <a id="paragraph-210935" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3531/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> This section shall not apply to group accident and sickness policies providing hospital, medical and surgical or major medical coverage on an expense incurred basis to an employer&#x2019;s employees and their dependents. <a id="paragraph-210936" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3531/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1986, c. 562; 1998, c. 24.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
