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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0232\">232<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1445309,"object_type":"law","relational_id":362950,"identifier":"38.2-6301","token":"38.2\/63\/38.2-6301","url":"\/38.2-6301\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-6301\/","token":"38.2\/63\/38.2-6301","dublin_core":{"Title":"Health care sharing ministry not providing insurance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-6301","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The provisions of this title shall not apply to a health care sharing ministry. 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