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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76715</law_id><section_number>38.2-3608</section_number><catch_line>Regulations establishing minimum standards</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="36">Medicare Supplement Policies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> regulations to establish minimum standards for payment of claims under <span class="dictionary">Medicare</span> supplement policies and for marketing practices, compensation arrangements, requirements for loss ratio refunds or credits, <span class="dictionary">Medicare</span> select policies and certificates, and reporting practices of <span class="dictionary">insurers</span> providing such policies. <a id="paragraph-275380" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3608/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may revise or <span class="dictionary">amend</span> such regulations and may increase the scope of the regulations only to the extent necessary to maintain federal approval of the Commonwealth&#x2019;s program for regulation of <span class="dictionary">Medicare</span> supplement <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> pursuant to the requirements established by the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> Department of Health and Human Services. <a id="paragraph-275381" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3608/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall annually advise the standing committees of the General Assembly having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> matters of revisions and amendments made pursuant to subsection B. <a id="paragraph-275382" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-3608/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1989, c. 151; 1990, c. 268; 1992, c. 225; 1996, c. 11.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
