Any employee entitled to benefits under this chapter shall receive training within 30 days of his employment, and again every two years thereafter, concerning the benefits available to himself or his beneficiary in case of disability or death in the line of duty. The Virginia Retirement System and the Department of Human Resource Management, in consultation with the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, shall develop training information to be distributed to employers. The employer shall be responsible for providing the training. Such training shall not count toward in-service training requirements for law-enforcement officers pursuant to § 9.1-102 and shall include, but not be limited to, the general rules for intestate succession described in § 64.2-200 that may be applicable to the distribution of benefits provided under § 9.1-402.
2006, c. 535; 2014, cc. 115, 490; 2016, c. 677; 2017, c. 439.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 9.1 - Commonwealth Public Safety
§ 9.1-400. Title of chapter; definitions
§ 9.1-400.1. Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund
§ 9.1-401.1. Supplemental short-term disability benefit for state police officers
§ 9.1-402.1. Payments for burial expenses
§ 9.1-403. Claim for payment; costs
§ 9.1-404. (Effective until July 1, 2023) Order of the Virginia Retirement System
§ 9.1-404. (Effective July 1, 2023) Order of the Virginia Retirement System
§ 9.1-405. (Effective until July 1, 2023) Appeal from decision of Virginia Retirement System
§ 9.1-405. (Effective July 1, 2023) Appeal from decision of Virginia Retirement System