                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COVERAGE FOR VICTIMS OF RAPE OR INCEST (§ 38.2-3418)

Each hospital expense, medical-surgical expense, major medical expense or
hospital confinement indemnity insurance policy issued by an insurer, each
individual and group subscription contract providing hospital, medical, or
surgical benefits issued by a corporation, and each contract issued by a health
maintenance organization which provide benefits as a result of an
&#8220;accident&#8221; or &#8220;accidental injury&#8221; shall be construed to
include benefits for pregnancy following an act of rape of an insured or
subscriber which was reported to the police within seven days following its
occurrence, to the same extent as any other covered accident. The 7-day
requirement shall be extended to 180 days in the case of an act of rape or
incest of a female under 13 years of age.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 42, § 38.1-348.13; 1986, c. 562.