CHAPTER 184

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
88.1-861.1 prohibiting denial, for certain causes, of liability on claims
under policies of accident and sickness insurance. 8 791

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Approved March 31, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
88.1-361.1, as follows:

§ 38.1-361.1. No insurer having issued a policy of accident and sick-
ness insurance pursuant to the provisions of this article shall deny liability
on any claim otherwise covered under such policy because of the existence
of a disease or physical impairment or defect, congenital or otherwise,
at the time of the making of the application for such policy, unless it be
shown that the applicant knew or might reasonably have been expected to
know of such disease, impairment or defect.