{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/38.2-4322.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/38.2-4322.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/38.2-4322.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/38.2-4322.html"}],"law_id":362625,"edition_id":2,"section_id":362625,"structure_id":51781,"section_number":"38.2-4322","catch_line":"Affiliation period","history":"1997, cc. 807, 913.","full_text":"A\n\nA 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 \u00a7 38.2-3432.3, with respect to any particular coverage option may impose an affiliation period for such coverage option, but only if:\n\n1\n\nSuch period is applied uniformly without regard to any health status-related factors; and\n\n2\n\nSuch period does not exceed two months (or three months in the case of a late enrollee).\n\nB\n\nAn affiliation period as described in subsection A shall begin on the enrollment date.\n\nC\n\nAn affiliation period under a plan shall run concurrently with any waiting period under the plan.\n\nD\n\nDefined terms as set forth in &#xA7; 38.2-3431 which are used in this chapter shall have the same meaning here that they have in Chapter 34.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1350661,"text":"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 \u00a7 38.2-3432.3, with respect to any particular coverage option may impose an affiliation period for such coverage option, but only if:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":1350662,"text":"Such period is applied uniformly without regard to any health status-related factors; and","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":1350663,"text":"Such period does not exceed two months (or three months in the case of a late enrollee).","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"B"},"3":{"id":1350664,"text":"An affiliation period as described in subsection A shall begin on the enrollment date.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"C"},"4":{"id":1350665,"text":"An affiliation period under a plan shall run concurrently with any waiting period under the plan.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"5":{"id":1350666,"text":"Defined terms as set forth in &#xA7; 38.2-3431 which are used in this chapter shall have the same meaning here that they have in Chapter 34.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":51781,"edition_id":2,"name":"Health Maintenance Organizations","identifier":"43","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":45,"parent_id":51644,"metadata":{"child_laws":31,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:48:34","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:33:19","permalink":{"id":1443837,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51781,"identifier":"43","token":"38.2\/43","url":"\/38.2\/43\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":51644,"edition_id":2,"name":"Insurance","identifier":"38.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":88,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":1890,"child_structures":173},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:45:30","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:32:55","permalink":{"id":1437663,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51644,"identifier":"38.2","token":"38.2","url":"\/38.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":362596,"structure_id":51781,"section_number":"38.2-4300","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/38.2-4300\/","token":"38.2\/43\/38.2-4300","metadata":false},{"id":362597,"structure_id":51781,"section_number":"38.2-4301","catch_line":"Establishment of health maintenance organizations","url":"\/38.2-4301\/","token":"38.2\/43\/38.2-4301","metadata":false},{"id":362598,"structure_id":51781,"section_number":"38.2-4302","catch_line":"Issuance of license; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0807\">807<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0913\">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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":362259,"section_number":"38.2-3431","catch_line":"Application of article; definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3431\/"},{"id":362262,"section_number":"38.2-3432.3","catch_line":"Limitation on preexisting condition exclusion period","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3432.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1443955,"object_type":"law","relational_id":362625,"identifier":"38.2-4322","token":"38.2\/43\/38.2-4322","url":"\/38.2-4322\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-4322\/","token":"38.2\/43\/38.2-4322","dublin_core":{"Title":"Affiliation period","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4322","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">health maintenance organization<\/span> which offers health <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> coverage in connection with a group health plan or group health <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span> coverage and which does not impose any preexisting condition exclusion allowed under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Limitation on preexisting condition exclusion period\" href=\"\/38.2-3432.3\/\">38.2-3432.3<\/a>, with respect to any particular coverage option may impose an affiliation period for such coverage option, but only if: <a id=\"paragraph-1350661\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4322\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Such period is applied uniformly without regard to any health status-related factors; and <a id=\"paragraph-1350662\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4322\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Such period does not exceed two months (or three months in the case of a late <span class=\"dictionary\">enrollee<\/span>). <a id=\"paragraph-1350663\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4322\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> An affiliation period as described in subsection A shall begin on the enrollment date. <a id=\"paragraph-1350664\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4322\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> An affiliation period under a plan shall run concurrently with any waiting period under the plan. <a id=\"paragraph-1350665\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4322\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Defined terms as set forth in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Application of article; definitions\" href=\"\/38.2-3431\/\">38.2-3431<\/a> which are used in this chapter shall have the same meaning here that they have in Chapter 34. <a id=\"paragraph-1350666\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-4322\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAFFILIATION PERIOD (\u00a7 38.2-4322)\n\nA. A health maintenance organization which offers health insurance coverage in\nconnection with a group health plan or group health insurance coverage and which\ndoes not impose any preexisting condition exclusion allowed under \u00a7\n38.2-3432.3, with respect to any particular coverage option may impose an\naffiliation period for such coverage option, but only if:\n\n   1. Such period is applied uniformly without regard to any health\n   status-related factors; and\n\n   2. Such period does not exceed two months (or three months in the case of a\n   late enrollee).\n\nB. An affiliation period as described in subsection A shall begin on the\nenrollment date.\n\nC. An affiliation period under a plan shall run concurrently with any waiting\nperiod under the plan.\n\nD. Defined terms as set forth in &#xA7; 38.2-3431 which are used in this chapter\nshall have the same meaning here that they have in Chapter 34.\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"}}