Section 20. Applicability and scope

A. This chapter shall apply to all multiple employer welfare arrangements offering or providing coverage in this Commonwealth if any of the following conditions is met:

1. The multiple employer welfare arrangement is domiciled in Virginia;

2. At least one employer whose principal office or headquarters is located in Virginia provides health care benefits to his employees through the multiple employer welfare arrangement, regardless of the plan's place of domicile; or

3. At least one employee who is employed in Virginia and who has been initially enrolled in the plan in Virginia is being provided health care benefits through the multiple employer welfare arrangement, regardless of the plan's place of domicile or the location of the employer's principal office or headquarters.

B. Multiple employer welfare arrangements shall be subject to all of the provisions of Title 38.2 of the Code of Virginia to the extent that such provisions are applicable to multiple employer welfare arrangements in accordance with § 38.2-3421 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Regulation 31, Case No. INS910244, § 3, eff. January 15, 1992.

Statutory Authority

§ 38.2-223 and Article 3 (§ 38.2-3420 et seq.) of Chapter 34 of Title 38.2 of the Code of Virginia.