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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0650\">650<\/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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0372\">372<\/a>; in 2005, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0503\">503<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0572\">572<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1444925,"object_type":"law","relational_id":362860,"identifier":"38.2-5602","token":"38.2\/56\/38.2-5602","url":"\/38.2-5602\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-5602\/","token":"38.2\/56\/38.2-5602","dublin_core":{"Title":"Operation of medical savings accounts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-5602","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Medical savings accounts may be established in the Commonwealth, and may be converted to health savings accounts, pursuant to applicable federal <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> and regulation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPERATION OF MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (\u00a7 38.2-5602)\n\nMedical savings accounts may be established in the Commonwealth, and may be\nconverted to health savings accounts, pursuant to applicable federal law and\nregulation.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 650; 2002, c. 372; 2005, cc. 503, 572.","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"}}