Blue Cross & Blue Shield v. Commonwealth

The sole issue involved in this appeal is whether the State Corporation Commission has jurisdiction to decide the constitutionality of Code § 32-195.10:1, as amended in 1973. The Commission denies it has such jurisdiction, relying on Code § 32-195.20.

Section 32-195.10:1 concerns services of certain practitioners other than physicians to be covered and provides:

“No plan for furnishing prepaid medical and surgical, and similar or related services, or any of such services, shall fail or refuse, either directly or indirectly, to allow or to pay for such services, or any part thereof, rendered by…