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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80488</law_id><section_number>38.2-508.1</section_number><catch_line>Unfair discrimination; members of the armed forces</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-3444</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="5">Unfair Trade Practices</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall refuse to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> or refuse to continue a life <span class="dictionary">insurance policy</span> on the life of any member of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> Armed Forces, the Reserves of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> Armed Forces or the National Guard due to (i) their status as a member of any such military organization or (ii) their duty assignment while a member of any such military organization. <a id="paragraph-288339" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-508.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In circumstances where an individual&#x2019;s or family member&#x2019;s coverage under a group life or group health <span class="dictionary">insurance policy</span> or <span class="dictionary">contract</span> was terminated due to such individual&#x2019;s status as a member of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> Armed Forces, the Reserves of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> Armed Forces or the National Guard, no <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall refuse to reinstate such coverage, regardless of continuation, renewal, reissue or replacement of the group <span class="dictionary">insurance policy</span>, upon the occurrence of the individual&#x2019;s return to eligibility status under the policy or <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. Such reinstated coverage shall not contain any new preexisting condition or other exclusions or limitations except that the remainder of a preexisting condition requirement that was not satisfied prior to termination of the individual&#x2019;s coverage resulting from such military status may be applied once the individual returns and coverage under the group policy is reinstated. <a id="paragraph-288340" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-508.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The provisions of this section shall not apply in any instance in which the provisions of this section are inconsistent or in conflict with a provision of Article 6 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/38.2-3438/">38.2-3438</a> et seq.) of Chapter 34. <a id="paragraph-288341" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-508.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, cc. 663, 678; 2013, c. 751.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
