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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 807<\/a> and 913<\/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":[{"id":362327,"section_number":"38.2-3514.1","catch_line":"Preexisting conditions provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3514.1\/"},{"id":362571,"section_number":"38.2-4214","catch_line":"Application of certain provisions of law","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4214\/"},{"id":362621,"section_number":"38.2-4319","catch_line":"Statutory construction and relationship to other laws","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-4319\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":362259,"section_number":"38.2-3431","catch_line":"Application of article; definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3431\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1442369,"object_type":"law","relational_id":362247,"identifier":"38.2-3430.1","token":"38.2\/34\/4.1\/38.2-3430.1","url":"\/38.2-3430.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3430.1\/","token":"38.2\/34\/4.1\/38.2-3430.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application of article","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3430.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

This article applies to individual health insurance<\/span> coverage offered, sold, issued, or renewed in this Commonwealth, but shall not apply to any individual health insurance<\/span> coverage for any of the “excepted benefits” defined in \u00a7 38.2-3431<\/a>. In the event of conflict between the provisions in this article and other provisions of this title, the provisions of this article shall be controlling.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION OF ARTICLE (\u00a7 38.2-3430.1)\n\nThis article applies to individual health insurance coverage offered, sold,\nissued, or renewed in this Commonwealth, but shall not apply to any individual\nhealth insurance coverage for any of the “excepted benefits” defined\nin \u00a7 38.2-3431. In the event of conflict between the provisions in this article\nand other provisions of this title, the provisions of this article shall be\ncontrolling.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 807, 913.","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"}}