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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54226</law_id><section_number>38.2-5004.1</section_number><catch_line>Notification of possible beneficiaries</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="50">Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each physician, hospital, and nurse midwife shall disclose in writing to their obstetrical patients, at such time or times and in such detail as the board of directors of the <span class="dictionary">Program</span> shall determine to be appropriate, whether such physician, hospital or nurse midwife is or is not a participating provider under the <span class="dictionary">Program</span>. <a id="paragraph-199133" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5004.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In addition to any other postpartum <span class="dictionary">materials</span> provided to the mother or other appropriate <span class="dictionary">person</span>, every hospital shall provide for each infant who was hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit an informational brochure prepared or approved by the board of directors of the <span class="dictionary">Program</span>. The brochure shall describe the rights and limitations under the <span class="dictionary">Program</span>, including the <span class="dictionary">Program</span>&#x2019;s exclusive remedy provision under subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; exclusive remedy; exception" href="/38.2-5002/">38.2-5002</a>. <a id="paragraph-199134" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5004.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> When a claim is made to an <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span>, as described in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Credits against malpractice insurance premiums" href="/38.2-5020.1/">38.2-5020.1</a>, licensed to do business in the Commonwealth of Virginia or to any self-<span class="dictionary">insurer</span>, alleging that a possible <span class="dictionary">birth-related neurological injury</span> or a severe adverse outcome related to a birth has occurred, such <span class="dictionary">insurance company</span> or self-<span class="dictionary">insurer</span> shall report such claim to the <span class="dictionary">Program</span> on a form provided by the <span class="dictionary">Program</span>. Upon receipt of such report, the <span class="dictionary">Program</span> shall inform the parent or parents or guardians of the child on whose behalf such claim has been made of the <span class="dictionary">Program</span>&#x2019;s existence and eligibility requirements. <a id="paragraph-199135" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5004.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> No liability or inference of liability or eligibility shall attach to the making of such report. The making of such report shall not be <span class="dictionary">admissible</span> in any <span class="dictionary">court</span>. <a id="paragraph-199136" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5004.1/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1999, c. 825; 2000, c. 1038; 2003, c. 897.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
