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HOUSE BILL NO. 1671 Offered January 10, 2001 Prefiled December 11, 2000 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8.01-40.3, relating to cause of action for unfair discriminatory insurance practices. ---------- Patron-- Jones, J.C. ---------- Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 8.01-40.3 as follows:

§ 8.01-40.3. Action for injury resulting from certain unfair discrimination in contracts for life insurance, annuity contracts, and policies or contracts for accident or health insurance.

Any person aggrieved by an act prohibited by subdivision 1 or 2 of § 38.2-508 may bring an action against the person who committed the prohibited act to recover the actual damages sustained by such person, together with costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. An action brought pursuant to this section shall be commenced within two years of the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered the last act in the course of conduct constituting a violation of such subdivision.