Title 38.2, Title 38.2. Insurance

As used in this chapter: "Acceptable securities" means securities that (i) are legal investments under the laws of the Commonwealth for public sinking funds or for other public funds, (ii) are not in default as to principal or interest, (iii) have a current market value of not le…

A. No person shall establish or operate a health maintenance organization in the Commonwealth without obtaining a license from the Commission. Any person, including a foreign corporation, may apply to the Commission for a license to establish and operate a health maintenance orga…

A. The Commission shall issue a license to a health maintenance organization after the receipt of a complete application and payment of a $500 nonrefundable application fee if the Commission is satisfied that the following conditions are met: 1. The persons responsible for the co…

A. The powers of a health maintenance organization shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following, provided that the activities comply with all applicable state statutes and regulations: 1. The purchase, lease, construction, renovation, operation, or maintenance of hos…

A. The governing body of any health maintenance organization may include providers of health care services, other individuals, or both, but in no event shall any class of health care provider be excluded from eligibility for membership on the governing body of any health maintena…

Any director, officer or partner of a health maintenance organization who receives, collects, disburses, or invests funds in connection with the activities of the organization shall be responsible for the funds in a fiduciary relationship with the subscribers and enrollees.

A. 1. Each subscriber shall be entitled to evidence of coverage under a health care plan. 2. No evidence of coverage, or amendment to it, shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth until a copy of the form of the evidence of coverage, or amendment to it, has b…

A. If an action to recover the claim proceeds due under a health care plan results in a judgment against a health maintenance organization, interest on the judgment at the legal rate of interest shall be paid from the date of presentation to the health maintenance organization of…

A. Each health maintenance organization shall file a statement with the Commission annually by March 1. The statement shall be verified by at least two principal officers and shall cover the preceding calendar year. Each health maintenance organization shall also send a copy of t…

A. In addition to the annual statement, the Commission may require a licensed health maintenance organization to file additional reports, exhibits or statements considered necessary to secure complete information concerning the condition, solvency, experience, transactions or aff…

A health maintenance organization may invest in any Category 1 investment as defined in Chapter 14 of this title or any other investment the Commission may permit pursuant to provisions in Chapter 14 (§ 38.2-1400 et seq.) of this title. For investments made prior to July 1, 1998,…

Each health maintenance organization shall deposit and maintain acceptable securities with the State Treasurer in amounts prescribed by § 38.2-4310.1. The deposit shall be held as a special fund in trust, as a guarantee that the obligations to the enrollees who are residents of t…

A. A health maintenance organization shall make its initial deposit prior to licensure in an amount not less than $300,000. The Commission shall review a health maintenance organization's deposit requirement at least once each year and may require an additional deposit in an amou…

A. No health maintenance organization or its representative may cause or knowingly permit the use of (i) advertising that is untrue or misleading, (ii) solicitation that is untrue or misleading, or (iii) any form of evidence of coverage that is deceptive. For the purposes of this…

A. Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, no health maintenance organization providing health care plans, or its pharmacy benefits manager, as defined in § 38.2-3465, shall prohibit any person receiving pharmaceutical benefits, including specialty pharmacy benefits,…

A. A health maintenance organization shall have a system to provide to its members, on a 24-hour basis: (i) access to medical care or (ii) access by telephone to a physician or licensed health care professional with appropriate medical training who can refer or direct a member fo…

Enrollee contracts may be solicited only through life and health insurance agents as provided for in Chapter 18 of this title. Home office salaried officers whose principal duties and responsibilities do not include the negotiation or solicitation of enrollee contracts shall not …

A. An insurer or a health services plan licensed in this Commonwealth may, either directly or through a subsidiary or affiliate, organize and operate a health maintenance organization under the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other law that may be inconsistent wit…

A. The Commission shall examine the affairs of each health maintenance organization as provided for in § 38.2-1317 at least once every five years. The Commission may examine the affairs of providers with whom any health maintenance organization has contracts, agreements, or other…

A. The Commission may suspend or revoke any license issued to a health maintenance organization under this chapter if it finds that any of the following conditions exist: 1. The health maintenance organization is operating significantly at variance with its basic organizational d…

A. Each health maintenance organization licensed under this chapter shall renew its license with the Commission annually by July 1. The renewal license shall not be issued until the health maintenance organization has paid all fees and charges imposed on it and has complied with …

A. No provisions of this title except this chapter and, insofar as they are not inconsistent with this chapter, §§ 38.2-100, 38.2-136, 38.2-200, 38.2-203, 38.2-209 through 38.2-213, 38.2-216, 38.2-218 through 38.2-225, 38.2-229, 38.2-232, 38.2-305, 38.2-316, 38.2-316.1, 38.2-316.…

This Commonwealth is authorized to enter into contracts with health maintenance organizations on behalf of its employees and the citizens of the Commonwealth, including contracts to furnish health care services to recipients of medical assistance under Title XIX of the Social Sec…

In the case of any health maintenance organization that has contracted with the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services to provide health care services to recipients of medical assistance services pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended, or to indi…

Except as otherwise provided by law, no health maintenance organization shall be operated in this Commonwealth other than in the manner set forth in this chapter.

A. A health maintenance organization which offers health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan or group health insurance coverage and which does not impose any preexisting condition exclusion allowed under § 38.2-3432.3, with respect to any particular coverage…

A health maintenance organization may use alternative methods to an affiliation period to address adverse selection provided that they are approved by the Commission prior to their use.

As used in this chapter: "Contract holder" means a person entering into a subscription contract with an organization; "Fee discount" means predetermined amounts or reduced rates which are not substantially below the usual charge by the same attorney for those services, but not le…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following are not deemed to be legal services plans: 1. Retainer contracts made by attorneys with individual clients where fees are based on estimates of the nature and amount of services that will be provided to the specific client, and simi…

Each plan shall be conducted by or through (i) a nonstock or stock corporation organized pursuant to the laws of this Commonwealth; (ii) a foreign corporation that is subject to regulation and licensing under the laws of its domiciliary jurisdiction that are substantially similar…

The Virginia State Bar may sponsor, and its member attorneys may, through a nonstock corporation, operate a legal services plan under the following conditions: 1. All members of the Virginia State Bar may participate in the plan. 2. No more than one-fourth of the board of directo…

A. Except for a plan established pursuant to § 38.2-4403, all participating providers in a plan shall be jointly and severally liable on all contracts made for the purposes of the plan by the organization as agent for them. Each contract may be executed and signed by their agent …

A. Any participating provider may resign from a plan at any time but will continue to be liable on each subscription contract while effective. However, this liability shall not extend beyond the end of each such subscription contract's current contract year. B. Participating prov…

Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 13.1-675 and 13.1-855, any corporation that operates any plan pursuant to the terms of this chapter shall have a board of directors consisting of no more than fifteen members of whom a majority shall be subscribers to the plan who are not prov…

Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 13.1-675, 13.1-677 and 13.1-855 to the contrary, any legal services organization operating a plan created by a group of attorneys shall have a board of directors consisting of no more than fifteen members of whom a majority may be providers of…

No provision of this title except this chapter and insofar as they are not inconsistent with this chapter §§ 38.2-100, 38.2-200, 38.2-203, 38.2-209 through 38.2-213, 38.2-218 through 38.2-225, 38.2-229, 38.2-316, 38.2-400, 38.2-402 through 38.2-413, 38.2-500 through 38.2-515, 38.…

Any rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of a legal services organization shall be deemed to be the rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of an insurer and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 15 (§ 38.2-1500 et seq.) of Title 38.2.

The legal services organization shall not indemnify any subscriber for legal services rendered by any participating provider or nonparticipating attorney.

On or before March 1 of each year, each legal services organization shall file with the Commission a financial statement in accordance with § 38.2-1300. In lieu of a financial statement filed in accordance with § 38.2-1300, a foreign legal services organization may file a financi…

The Commission may investigate or examine the affairs, transactions, accounts, records, and assets of a legal services organization as it deems necessary. Examinations shall be conducted pursuant to Article 4 (§ 38.2-1317 et seq.) of Chapter 13.

A legal services organization shall organize and operate a plan in a manner that assures that any subscriber to the plan shall have free choice of the participating providers available and participating in the plan.

A legal services organization shall, prior to and during the term of the subscription contract, fully, fairly, and currently advise the subscriber in writing of the benefits available under the contract and all limitations on the benefits available under the contract.

A. No person shall operate a legal services plan in this Commonwealth without a license issued by the Commission. Each organization shall apply for a license and furnish any relevant information the Commission requires. Each license shall expire at midnight on the following June …

A. Each legal services organization shall renew its license with the Commission annually by July 1. The renewal license shall not be issued unless the organization has paid all fees and charges imposed on it, and has complied with all other requirements of law. B. The Commission …

Except as provided by § 58.1-2501 and Chapter 4 of this title, the application fees paid by a legal services organization under this chapter shall be in lieu of all other state and local license fees or license taxes and state income taxes.

In the operation of a plan, no person shall use any misleading subscription applications or contracts.