Code of Virginia § 38.2-3430.4. Special rules for network plans.
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A health insurance issuer that offers health insurance coverage in the individual market may:
1. Limit the eligible individuals who may be enrolled under such coverage to those who live, reside, or work within the service area for such network plan;
2. Within the service area of such plan, deny such coverage to such individuals if the health insurance issuer has demonstrated to the Commission that:
(i)it will not have the capacity to deliver services adequately to additional individual enrollees because of its obligations to existing group contract holders, enrollees and enrollees covered under individual contracts; and
(ii)it is applying this section uniformly to individuals without regard to any health status-related factor of such individuals and without regard to whether the individuals are eligible individuals;
3. A health insurance issuer, upon denying health insurance coverage in any service area in accordance with subdivision 2, may not offer coverage in the individual market within such service area for a period of 180 days after such coverage is denied.
1997, cc. 807 , 913 ; 1998, c. 24 .