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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0891\">891<\/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 4 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 1999, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0643\">643<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0649\">649<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0857\">857<\/a>; in 2000, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0922\">922<\/a>; in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0395\">395<\/a>; in 2011, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0788\">788<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":359062,"section_number":"32.1-137.10","catch_line":"Utilization review plan required","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-137.10\/"},{"id":359065,"section_number":"32.1-137.13","catch_line":"Adverse determination","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-137.13\/"},{"id":359066,"section_number":"32.1-137.14","catch_line":"Reconsideration of adverse determination","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-137.14\/"},{"id":359074,"section_number":"32.1-137.6","catch_line":"Complaint system","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-137.6\/"},{"id":359077,"section_number":"32.1-137.9","catch_line":"Requirements and standards for utilization review entities","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-137.9\/"},{"id":362868,"section_number":"38.2-5804","catch_line":"Complaint system","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-5804\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":362386,"section_number":"38.2-3558","catch_line":"Health carrier's internal appeal process","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3558\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1430145,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359067,"identifier":"32.1-137.15","token":"32.1\/5\/1.2\/32.1-137.15","url":"\/32.1-137.15\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-137.15\/","token":"32.1\/5\/1.2\/32.1-137.15","dublin_core":{"Title":"Adverse determination; appeal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-137.15","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each <span class=\"dictionary\">entity<\/span> shall establish an internal <span class=\"dictionary\">appeals<\/span> process, including a process for urgent care <span class=\"dictionary\">appeals<\/span>, to consider any <span class=\"dictionary\">adverse determination<\/span> that is appealed by a <span class=\"dictionary\">covered person<\/span>, his representative, or his <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span> in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Health carrier&#039;s internal appeal process\" href=\"\/38.2-3558\/\">38.2-3558<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADVERSE DETERMINATION; APPEAL (\u00a7 32.1-137.15)\n\nEach entity shall establish an internal appeals process, including a process for\nurgent care appeals, to consider any adverse determination that is appealed by a\ncovered person, his representative, or his provider in accordance with the\nprovisions of \u00a7 38.2-3558.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 891; 1999, cc. 643, 649, 857; 2000, c. 922; 2010, c. 395;\n2011, c. 788.","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"}}