Virginia § 38.2-4314 - Powers of insurers and health services plans
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 38.2-4314 — Powers of insurers and health services plans, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 38.2-4314. Powers of insurers and health services plans
A. An insurer or a health services plan licensed in this Commonwealth may, either directly or through a subsidiary or affiliate, organize and operate a health maintenance organization under the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other law that may be inconsistent with this section, any two or more licensed insurers, health services plans, or their subsidiaries or affiliates, may jointly organize and operate a health maintenance organization.
B. An insurer or a health services plan may contract with a health maintenance organization to provide insurance or similar protection against the cost of care provided through health maintenance organizations and to provide coverage in the event of the failure of the health maintenance organization to meet its obligations. The enrollees of a health maintenance organization constitute a permissible group for purposes of laws applicable to insurers and health services plans. Under the contracts the insurer or health services plans may make benefit payments to health maintenance organizations for health care services rendered by providers under the health care plan.
1980, c. 720, § 38.1-878; 1986, c. 562.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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