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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>362782</law_id><section_number>38.2-5021</section_number><catch_line>Actuarial investigation, valuations, gain/loss analysis; notice if assessments prove insufficient</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-5020</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="88" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="52" identifier="50">Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Bureau of Insurance</span> of the <span class="dictionary">State</span> Corporation <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall undertake an actuarial investigation of the requirements of the Fund based on the Fund&#x2019;s experience in the first year of operation, including without limitation the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> and liabilities of the Fund. Pursuant to such investigation, the <span class="dictionary">State</span> Corporation <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall establish the <span class="dictionary">rate</span> of contribution of the entities listed in subsection E of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Assessments" href="/38.2-5020/">38.2-5020</a> for the tax year beginning January 1, 1989.
			Following the initial valuation, the <span class="dictionary">State</span> Corporation <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall cause an actuarial valuation to be made of the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> and liabilities of the Fund no less frequently than biennially. Pursuant to the results of such valuations, the <span class="dictionary">State</span> Corporation <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall prepare a statement as to the contribution <span class="dictionary">rate</span> applicable to contributors listed in subsection E of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Assessments" href="/38.2-5020/">38.2-5020</a>. However, at no time shall the <span class="dictionary">rate</span> be greater than one quarter of one percent of net direct premiums written.<br/><br/>			In conducting the actuarial evaluation, a loss reserving methodology consistent with the one employed by the Florida <span class="dictionary">Birth-Related Neurological Injury</span> Compensation Association as of July 1, 2007, may be employed in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to account for individual participant costs and injury characteristics to the extent that the data are available to perform such methodology and the <span class="dictionary">State</span> Corporation <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x2019;s actuary determines that such methodology is actuarially appropriate. <a id="paragraph-1351162" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5021/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In the event that the <span class="dictionary">State</span> Corporation <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that the Fund cannot be maintained on an actuarially sound basis subject to the maximum assessments listed in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Assessments" href="/38.2-5020/">38.2-5020</a>, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall promptly notify the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the President of the Senate, the board of directors of the <span class="dictionary">Program</span>, and the Virginia Workers&#x2019; Compensation <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-1351163" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-5021/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 540; 1989, c. 523; 2008, cc. 267, 520.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Meador v. Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>Record No. 0227-04-3</case_number><citation>44 Va. App. 149</citation><date>2004-10-26</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6933932/meador-v-virginia-birth-related-neurological-injury-compensation-program/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. KELSEY, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. William T. Young, Jr., etc. v. Virginia Birth-Related .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>2505043</case_number><citation>46 Va. App. 558</citation><date>2005-10-04</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063401/william-t-young-jr-etc-v-virginia-birth-related-neurological-injury/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. CLEMENTS, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Meador v. BIRTH-RELATED INJURY</name><case_number>0227043</case_number><citation>604 S.E.2d 88</citation><date>2004-10-26</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063698/meador-v-birth-related-injury/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 604 S.E.2d 88 (2004) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Commonwealth v. Bakke</name><case_number>2351044</case_number><citation>620 S.E.2d 107</citation><date>2005-09-27</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063405/commonwealth-v-bakke/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. JAMES W. BENTON, JR., Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>Record 0827-00-2</case_number><citation>541 S.E.2d 298</citation><date>2001-02-13</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1379444/virginia-birth-related-neurological-injury-compensation-program-v-young/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. WILLIS, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="5"><name>Chippenham &amp; Johnston-Willis v. Va. Birth-Related</name><case_number>0400032</case_number><citation></citation><date>2004-01-13</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063994/chippenham-johnston-willis-v-va-birth-related/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Central Va. Obstetrics,et al v. Lawanda P. Whitfiel</name><case_number>0399032</case_number><citation></citation><date>2004-01-13</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063997/central-va-obstetricset-al-v-lawanda-p-whitfiel/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="7"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Central Virginia Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology Associates, P.C. v. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>Record 0399-03-2, 0400-03-2</case_number><citation>590 S.E.2d 631</citation><date>2004-01-13</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1366795/central-virginia-obstetrics-gynecology-associates-pc-v-whitfield/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 590 S.E.2d 631 (2004) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="8"><name>Cooper v. Adler</name><case_number>2836034</case_number><citation>604 S.E.2d 747</citation><date>2004-11-16</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063678/cooper-v-adler/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 604 S.E.2d 747 (2004) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="9"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Wolfe v. Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>Record 2489-02-3</case_number><citation>580 S.E.2d 467</citation><date>2003-05-20</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1240505/wolfe-v-virginia-birth-related-neurological-injury-compensation-program/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 580 S.E.2d 467 (2003) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
