Virginia Code 38.2-3409: Coverage of dependent children
A. Any group or individual accident and sickness insurance policy or subscription contract delivered or issued for delivery in the Commonwealth which provides that coverage of a dependent child shall terminate upon that child’s attainment of a specified age, shall also provide in substance that attainment of the specified age shall not terminate the child’s coverage during the continuance of the policy while the dependent child is and continues to be both: (i) incapable of self-sustaining employment by reason of intellectual or physical disability and (ii) chiefly dependent upon the policyowner for support and maintenance.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 38.2-3409
- Accident and sickness insurance: means insurance against loss resulting from sickness, or from bodily injury or death by accident or accidental means, or from a combination of any or all of these perils. See Virginia Code 38.2-109
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Insurer: means an insurance company. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
B. Proof of incapacity and dependency shall be furnished to the insurer by the policyowner within 31 days of the child’s attainment of the specified age. Subsequent proof may be required by the insurer but not more frequently than annually after the two-year period following the child’s attainment of the specified age.
C. The insurer may charge an additional premium for any continuation of coverage beyond the specified age. The additional premium shall be determined by the insurer on the basis of the class of risks applicable to the child.
1968, c. 411, § 38.1-348.1; 1974, c. 95; 1986, c. 562; 2012, cc. 476, 507; 2023, cc. 148, 149.