GroundRules
14VAC5-160-30: Applicability and scope
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 14. Insurance
- Agency 5. State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance
- Chapter 160. Rules to Implement Transitional Requirements for the Conversion of Medicare Supplement Insurance Benefits and Premiums to Conform to Repeal of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act
This chapter (14VAC5-160-10 et seq.) shall take precedence over other rules and requirements relating to Medicare supplement policies or contracts to the extent necessary to assure that benefits are not duplicated and to adjust minimum required benefits to changes in Medicare benefits, applicants receive adequate notice and disclosure of changes in Medicare supplement policies and contracts, appropriate premium adjustments are made in a timely manner, and premiums are reasonable in relation to benefits.
Except as provided in 14VAC5-160-50, this chapter shall apply to:
1. All Medicare supplement policies and contracts delivered, or issued for delivery in this Commonwealth, or which are otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth, on or after the effective date hereof, and
2. All certificates issued under group Medicare supplement policies as provided in subdivision 1 above.
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