Affiliation period

Va. Code Ann. § 38.2-4322
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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 option may impose an affiliation period for such coverage option, but only if: 1. Such period is applied uniformly without regard to any health status-related factors; and 2. Such period does not exceed two months (or three months in the case of a late enrollee). B. An affiliation period as described in subsection A shall begin on the enrollment date. C. An affiliation period under a plan shall run concurrently with any waiting period under the plan. D. Defined terms as set forth in § 38.2-3431 which are used in this chapter shall have the same meaning here that they have in Chapter 34. 1997, cc. 807 , 913 .
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