14VAC5-415-10: Applicability and scope

A. This chapter shall apply to self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements that issue health benefit plans in Virginia, including a benefits consortium established under Chapter 55 (§ 59.1-589 et. seq.) of Title 59.1 of the Code of Virginia.

B. This chapter shall not apply to a not-for-profit benefits consortium established under § 15.2-1517.1 of the Code of Virginia, a benefits consortium established under § 6.2-952 or 23.1-106 of the Code of Virginia, a multiple employer welfare arrangement meeting the requirements of § 38.2-3420 C of the Code of Virginia, or a fully insured multiple employer welfare arrangement registered pursuant to Rules Governing Fully Insured Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (14VAC5-410).

C. Self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements shall be subject to the provisions of Title 38.2 of the Code of Virginia to the extent that such provisions are applicable to self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements in accordance with § 38.2-3420 of the Code of Virginia.