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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72816</law_id><section_number>38.2-3607</section_number><catch_line>Group or individual Medicare supplement policies; minimum standards</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><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="36">Medicare Supplement Policies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Coverage for mammograms" href="/38.2-3418.1/">38.2-3418.1</a>, <a class="law" title="Free look notice required" href="/38.2-3604/">38.2-3604</a>, <a class="law" title="Coverage of preexisting conditions; Medicare supplement policies" href="/38.2-3605/">38.2-3605</a>, <a class="law" title="Outline of coverage" href="/38.2-3606/">38.2-3606</a> and <a class="law" title="Purpose" href="/38.2-3516/">38.2-3516</a> through <a class="law" title="Coverage of preexisting conditions" href="/38.2-3520/">38.2-3520</a> shall be applicable to group <span class="dictionary">Medicare</span> supplement policies. The term &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">policy</span>&#x201D; as used in this article shall include a certificate issued under a group <span class="dictionary">Medicare</span> supplement <span class="dictionary">policy</span> which has been delivered or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-262339" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3607/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Coverage for mammograms" href="/38.2-3418.1/">38.2-3418.1</a> shall be applicable to individual <span class="dictionary">Medicare</span> supplement policies. <a id="paragraph-262340" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3607/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No <span class="dictionary">Medicare</span> supplement <span class="dictionary">policy</span> or certificate in force in this Commonwealth shall contain benefits that duplicate benefits provided by <span class="dictionary">Medicare</span>. <a id="paragraph-262341" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3607/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 575, &#xA7; 38.1-362.17; 1986, c. 562; 1989, c. 646; 1996, c. 11.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
