CODE OF VIRGINIA

PREEXISTING CONDITION EXCLUSIONS (§ 38.2-3444)

A. Notwithstanding any provision of § 38.2-508.1, 38.2-3432.3, 38.2-3438,
38.2-3503, 38.2-3520, or any other section of this title to the contrary, a
health carrier providing individual or group health insurance coverage shall not
limit or exclude coverage for an individual by imposing a preexisting condition
exclusion on that individual.

B. A health carrier that offers individual health insurance coverage may offer
coverage continuously throughout the year or during an open enrollment period.

C. This section shall apply to any health carrier providing individual or group
health insurance coverage, including a grandfathered plan for group health
insurance coverage, but not including a grandfathered plan for individual health
insurance coverage.

HISTORY: 2011, c. 882; 2013, cc. 136, 210, 751.