Section 38.2-4322 - Affiliation periodA. 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.Amended by Acts 1997, § cc. 807,913.