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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 807<\/a> and 913<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1999, chapter 1004<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":362262,"section_number":"38.2-3432.3","catch_line":"Limitation on preexisting condition exclusion period","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3432.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1442409,"object_type":"law","relational_id":362257,"identifier":"38.2-3430.8","token":"38.2\/34\/4.1\/38.2-3430.8","url":"\/38.2-3430.8\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3430.8\/","token":"38.2\/34\/4.1\/38.2-3430.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certification of coverage","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3430.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The provisions of \u00a7 38.2-3432.3<\/a> shall apply to health insurance<\/span> coverage offered by a health insurance<\/span> issuer in the individual market in the same manner as they apply to health insurance<\/span> coverage offered by a health insurance<\/span> issuer in connection with a group health plan in the small or large group market.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATION OF COVERAGE (\u00a7 38.2-3430.8)\n\nThe provisions of \u00a7 38.2-3432.3 shall apply to health insurance coverage\noffered by a health insurance issuer in the individual market in the same manner\nas they apply to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer\nin connection with a group health plan in the small or large group market.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 807, 913; 1999, c. 1004.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}