                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SHORT-TERM LIMITED-DURATION MEDICAL PLANS (§ 38.2-3407.21)

A. As used in this section:
			&#8220;Carrier&#8221; means any entity that is authorized to sell, offer, or
provide a short-term limited-duration medical plan.
			&#8220;Covered person&#8221; means a policyholder, subscriber, enrollee,
participant, or other individual who is entitled to health care services
provided, arranged for, paid for, or reimbursed pursuant to a short-term
limited-duration medical plan.
			&#8220;PPACA&#8221; has the meaning ascribed thereto in &#xA7; 38.2-3438.
			&#8220;Short-term limited-duration medical plan&#8221; has the same meaning
as short-term limited-duration insurance as used in 26 C.F.R. &#xA7; 54.9801-2,
29 C.F.R. &#xA7; 2590.701-2 and 45 C.F.R. &#xA7; 144.103 except as described in
subsection B.

B. No carrier shall issue, deliver, issue for delivery, reissue, or extend in
the Commonwealth on and after July 1, 2021, any short-term limited-duration
medical plan:

   1. With a duration that exceeds three months;

   2. That can be renewed or extended if the renewal or extension would result in
   such coverage being effective for more than six months, notwithstanding &#xA7;
   38.2-3514.2; or

   3. If the issuance, delivery, reissuance, or extension of the short-term
   limited-duration medical plan would result in a covered person being covered
   by a short-term limited-duration medical plan for more than six months in any
   12-month period.

C. No carrier shall issue a short-term limited-duration medical plan during an
annual open enrollment period.

D. Any certificate delivered in the Commonwealth that is issued under a
short-term limited-duration medical plan in any other jurisdiction shall comply
with the requirements of this section.

HISTORY: 2020, cc. 1076, 1077.