{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-38.2-4322","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 38.2-4322","heading":"Affiliation period","body":"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; and2. 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.","path":["Title 38.2. INSURANCE","Chapter 43. HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/38.2-4322/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:16:05Z","sha256":"5840c8cd98a5d853e5a5d8cb8435122e2faf3a0035f86f76b91a5921e986c661","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-38.2-4321","next":"us-va/va.-code-38.2-4323"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}