The 213th Annual Council - Diocese of Virginia

Constitution and Canons
all of the amendments or enactments, whether or not repealed, to the extent that the
changes made in separate amendments or enactments are not in conflict with each other,
the Chancellor and the Chairman of the Committee on Constitution and Canons shall
make the determination whether or not there is a conflict and certify the text of the single
enactment to the Secretary of the Council.
Section 3. At the conclusion of each regular meeting of General Convention, the
Chancellor and the Chairman of the Committee on Constitution and Canons of this
Diocese shall be empowered to correct numbering references in the Constitution and
Canons of this Diocese to the Constitution and Canons of the General Convention, which
corrections shall be reported to the Secretary of the Diocese.
Canon 31.
Health Insurance.
Section 1. Any and all health insurance coverage provided or paid for by the Diocese,
Churches, Diocesan Missions or Missions of a Founding Church located within the
Diocese for active and retired ordained persons or lay employees shall be provided
through the diocesan health insurance plans established by the Executive Board.
Section 2. The Executive Board shall establish forms and processes for receiving
applications for exception or exemption from the mandate of paragraph 1 hereof, and for
reviewing and reaching a decision regarding each application. The Executive Board may
designate an appropriately constituted body and delegate to it the necessary authorities
to receive, review and make recommendations to the Executive Board. A description
of these forms and processes shall be furnished to the entities identified in paragraph
1 hereof, made available by the Diocese upon request, and published in the annual
guidelines offered by the Diocesan Compensation Commission as approved by the
Executive Board.
Section 3. The Executive Board may grant such exemptions or exceptions from the
mandate of paragraph 1 hereof as it deems appropriate. Each decision of the Executive
Board shall be communicated to the applicant in writing together with a description of
any process that the Executive Board may establish for appealing its decisions.
Section 4. In deciding on each application, the Executive Board shall be guided by the
following considerations (among such others as it may deem appropriate):
(a) consistency;
(b) fairness;
(c) hardship;
(d) coverage available through spousal, military or other plans;
(e) the effect that the exemption or exception requested, if granted, would have on
the plan as a whole;
(f) the precedential effect of the exemption or exception requested, if granted.
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