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Chapter 1 - Virginia Retirement System
§ 51.1-100. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, cc. 4, 85. For effective dates,...
§ 51.1-124.1. Virginia Retirement System established - Article X, § 11 of the Constitution of Virginia requires...
§ 51.1-124.2. Virginia Supplemental Retirement System continued as Virginia Retirement System - The Virginia Supplemental Retirement System, a body corporate and a...
§ 51.1-124.3. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-124.4. Exemption of assets from taxation; exemption of benefits and assets from execution and assignment; trust funds; unclaimed property; eligible rollover distribution - A. The assets of the retirement systems created under this...
§ 51.1-124.5. Disclosure of social security account numbers - The Retirement System may require the disclosure of the social...
§ 51.1-124.6. Benefits to be paid monthly - All benefits payable by the Retirement System shall be paid...
§ 51.1-124.7. Distribution of assets upon repeal of system - A. If the General Assembly repeals the provisions of this...
§ 51.1-124.8. Persons affected by changes in retirement benefits - Unless otherwise specifically stated, legislation which effects a change in...
§ 51.1-124.9. Changes or errors in records resulting in erroneous payments; employer liability - A. 1. If any change or error in records results...
§ 51.1-124.10. Falsification of records; penalty - Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or falsifies...
§ 51.1-124.11. Recovery of payments procured by fraud, false statement, etc. - Any payment to a member or beneficiary which is later...
§ 51.1-124.12. Procedure when employer required to withdraw funds - A. As used in this section, unless the context clearly...
§ 51.1-124.13. Loss of benefits; certain felony convictions - A. No person shall be entitled to any of the...
§ 51.1-124.14. Reserved - Reserved.
§ 51.1-124.20. Board of Trustees; membership; terms; quorum; compensation and expenses - A. The Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System...
§ 51.1-124.21. Application of State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act - The provisions of the State and Local Government Conflict of...
§ 51.1-124.22. Board to administer Retirement System; powers and duties - A. The Retirement System shall be administered by the Board...
§ 51.1-124.23. Medical boards - A. The Board may create one or more medical boards...
§ 51.1-124.24. Chief investment officer; qualifications; duties - A. To assist the Board of Trustees in fulfilling its...
§ 51.1-124.25. Existing advisory committees of the Virginia Retirement System abolished - As of March 25, 1994, the existing advisory committees of...
§ 51.1-124.26. Advisory Committees to the Board of Trustees; membership; terms; qualifications; duties - To further assist the Board of Trustees in fulfilling its...
§ 51.1-124.27. Employees of the Retirement System - The officers and employees of the Virginia Retirement System shall...
§ 51.1-124.28. Legal representation in criminal matters - Upon the acquittal, dismissal of charges, nolle prosequi, or any...
§ 51.1-124.29. Reserved - Reserved.
§ 51.1-124.30. Board as trustee of funds; investments; standard of care; liability for losses - A. The Board shall be the trustee of the funds...
§ 51.1-124.30:1. Adoption of stress testing and reporting policies - The Virginia Retirement System (VRS) shall adopt a formal policy...
§ 51.1-124.31. Pooling of assets for investment - The Board may invest the assets of any retirement system...
§ 51.1-124.32. Exemption from Public Procurement Act - The selection of services related to the management, purchase, or...
§ 51.1-124.33. Deposit of trust funds not an investment; authorized deposits - The Board may authorize the deposit of trust funds in...
§ 51.1-124.34. Retention of investments that become ineligible - An investment that conformed with the provisions of this chapter...
§ 51.1-124.35. Investment provisions exclusive - Investment of trust funds by the Board shall be governed...
§ 51.1-124.36. Investment of assets of the Commonwealth Health Research Fund - A. In addition to such other powers as shall be...
§ 51.1-124.37. Investment of assets of the Commonwealth's Attorneys Training Fund - A. In addition to such other powers as shall be...
§ 51.1-124.38. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2020, cc. 1164 and 1169, cl. 2.
§ 51.1-124.39. Investment of assets of the Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund - A. In addition to such other powers as shall be...
§ 51.1-124.40. Investment of assets of the Opioid Abatement Fund - A. In addition to such other powers as shall be...
§ 51.1-125. Persons composing membership; persons holding more than one position - A. All persons who become employees after March 1, 1952,...
§ 51.1-126. Employees of institutions of higher education - For purposes of this section, "optional retirement plan" means a...
§ 51.1-126.1. Certain employees of teaching hospitals - A. Any teaching hospital affiliated with an institution of higher...
§ 51.1-126.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1998, c. 449.
§ 51.1-126.3. Employees of the University of Virginia Medical Center - A. The University of Virginia Medical Center, hereafter referred to...
§ 51.1-126.4. Employees of the Virginia Port Authority - A. The Virginia Port Authority, hereinafter referred to as the...
§ 51.1-126.5. Defined contribution plan for eligible members - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...
§ 51.1-126.6. Certain employees of public school divisions - A. The Board shall establish a defined contribution plan covering...
§ 51.1-126.7. Employees of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation - A. The Virginia Outdoors Foundation, hereinafter referred to as the...
§ 51.1-126.8. Maximum contributions to optional plans; coordination of limits - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual additions...
§ 51.1-127. Federal Employees' Retirement System - The Virginia Cooperative Extension Service is hereby authorized to make...
§ 51.1-128. Cessation of membership - Membership in the retirement system shall cease (i) upon the...
§ 51.1-129. Limitation on membership - No provision of any other statute which provides that the...
§ 51.1-130. Resolution of governing body; approval by Board - A. The governing body of a political subdivision may adopt...
§ 51.1-131. Local pension systems; transfer to retirement system - The members of any annuity fund, benevolent association, or retirement...
§ 51.1-132. Eligible employees - Officers and employees of the political subdivision who are regularly...
§ 51.1-133. Limitation on membership - Employees who are members of any retirement, pension, or benefit...
§ 51.1-134. Optional membership; creditable service - Membership in the retirement system for eligible employees in service...
§ 51.1-135. Compulsory membership - Membership in the retirement system shall be compulsory for all...
§ 51.1-136. Submitting information and performing duties prescribed by Board - The chief fiscal officer of the employer and the heads...
§ 51.1-137. Computation of employer contribution rates; reimbursement by Commonwealth - A. At least once in each two-year period, the actuary...
§ 51.1-137.1. Certain local data to be provided - In addition to the annual actuarial evaluation currently provided to...
§ 51.1-138. Benefits - A. Employees who become members under this article and on...
§ 51.1-139. Procedure when employer in default - An employer's agreement to contribute on behalf of its employees...
§ 51.1-140. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, c. 696, cl. 2.
§ 51.1-141. Service equivalents - The Board shall determine how much service in any month...
§ 51.1-142. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, cc. 686 and 697.
§ 51.1-142.2. Prior service or membership credit for certain members; service credit for accumulated sick leave - Certain members may purchase credit for service as provided in...
§ 51.1-142.3. Purchase of additional prior service credit by certain school division superintendents - A. In addition to the four years of prior service...
§ 51.1-143. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, cc. 686 and 697.
§ 51.1-143.1. Portability of service credit between the Virginia Retirement System and certain political subdivisions of the Commonwealth - The Virginia Retirement System may enter into an agreement with...
§ 51.1-144. Member contributions - A. Each member shall contribute five percent of his creditable...
§ 51.1-145. (Effective until July 1, 2024) Employer contributions - A. The total annual employer contribution for each employer, expressed...
§ 51.1-145. (Effective July 1, 2024) Employer contributions - A. The total annual employer contribution for each employer, expressed...
§ 51.1-146. Failure to report or pay contributions or insurance premiums - Every employer shall file all reports and pay all contributions...
§ 51.1-147. Members' contribution account - A. All members' contributions and interest allowances shall be credited...
§ 51.1-148. Retirement allowance account - A. All employer contributions, all amounts transferred from the members'...
§ 51.1-149. Appointment of custodian; payments - The Board is authorized to appoint custodians for the safekeeping...
§ 51.1-150. Deposits - For the purpose of meeting disbursements for retirement allowances and...
§ 51.1-151. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1997, c. 641.
§ 51.1-152. Limitations on average final compensation - If an employee receives increases in compensation in the last...
§ 51.1-153. Service retirement - A. Normal retirement. -- Any member in service at his...
§ 51.1-154. Compulsory service retirement - Any employer, subsequent to the employee's normal retirement date, may...
§ 51.1-155. Service retirement allowance - A. Retirement allowance. — A member shall receive an annual...
§ 51.1-155.1. Exceptions from general early retirement provisions for certain state employees and constitutional officers - A. The provisions of this subsection apply to any member...
§ 51.1-155.2. Exceptions from general early retirement provisions for certain local government officials - A. The provisions of this section apply to any member...
§ 51.1-156. Disability retirement - A. Any member in service or within ninety days after...
§ 51.1-157. Disability retirement allowance - A. Allowance payable on retirement. — Upon retirement for disability,...
§ 51.1-158. Reduction of benefits for acceptance of lump-sum settlement under Workers' Compensation Act - The retirement allowance (i) of any member retiring for disability...
§ 51.1-159. Medical examinations of persons retired for disability - A. Once each year following retirement, the Board may require...
§ 51.1-160. Cessation of disability retirement allowance - A. If a beneficiary of a disability retirement allowance returns...
§ 51.1-161. Withdrawal of contributions before retirement - A. 1. Any member who has five or more years...
§ 51.1-162. Death before retirement - A. If a member dies before retirement, and if no...
§ 51.1-163. Death after retirement - If a member dies after the effective date of retirement,...
§ 51.1-164. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2010, c. 269, cl. 2.
§ 51.1-165. Optional benefits - A. Any member not taking 50/10 retirement as provided in...
§ 51.1-165.01. Partial lump-sum option for payment of retirement allowance - A. For purposes of this section: "Normal retirement" means normal...
§ 51.1-165.1. Acknowledgment by spouse of member - Any application for retirement benefits under this chapter or Chapter...
§ 51.1-166. Post-retirement supplements generally - A. In addition to the allowances payable under this title,...
§ 51.1-167. Retirement allowance to be reduced in certain cases - In the case of any state employee whose compensation is...
§ 51.1-168. Limits on creditable compensation; maximum benefits; mandatory payment of allowance - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, creditable compensation used...
§ 51.1-169. Hybrid retirement program - A. For purposes of this section, "hybrid retirement program" or...
Chapter 2 - State Police Officers' Retirement System
§ 51.1-200. State Police Officers' Retirement System continued; administration; application of provisions of Virginia Retirement System - The State Police Officers' Retirement System is continued and shall...
§ 51.1-201. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-202. Membership in retirement system - Membership in the retirement system shall be compulsory for all...
§ 51.1-203. Creditable service - A. Service qualifying for credit under the provisions of the...
§ 51.1-204. Contributions by Commonwealth - The Commonwealth shall contribute an amount equal to the sum...
§ 51.1-205. Service retirement generally - A. Normal retirement. -- Any member in service at his...
§ 51.1-206. Service retirement allowance - A. A member shall receive an annual retirement allowance, payable...
§ 51.1-207. Death before retirement - A. If a member dies before retirement, and if no...
§ 51.1-208. Post-retirement supplements - In computing the amount of any post-retirement supplements, any additional...
§ 51.1-209. Disability as the result of felonious misconduct of another - Any member in service who is totally and permanently disabled...
§ 51.1-210. Disability benefit - Any member in service who (i) is credited with at...
Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System
§ 51.1-211. Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; application of provisions of Virginia Retirement System - The Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System is created and shall...
§ 51.1-212. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-213. Membership in Retirement System - Membership in the Retirement System shall be compulsory for all...
§ 51.1-214. Creditable service - A. Service qualifying for credit under the provisions of the...
§ 51.1-215. Contributions by Commonwealth - The Commonwealth shall contribute an amount equal to the sum...
§ 51.1-216. Service retirement generally - A. Normal retirement. 1. Any employee commencing employment or reemployment...
§ 51.1-217. Service retirement allowance - A. A member shall receive an annual retirement allowance, payable...
§ 51.1-218. Death before retirement - A. If a member dies before retirement, and if no...
§ 51.1-219. Post-retirement supplements - In computing the amount of any post-retirement supplements, any additional...
§ 51.1-220. Disability benefit - Any member in service who (i) is credited with at...
§ 51.1-221. Election of benefits - All persons who are employees on June 30, 2001, and...
Chapter 3 - Judicial Retirement System
§ 51.1-300. Judicial Retirement System continued; administration; application of provisions of Virginia Retirement System - The Judicial Retirement System is continued and shall be administered...
§ 51.1-301. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-302. Membership in retirement system - Membership in the retirement system shall consist of all judges....
§ 51.1-303. Creditable service - A. For those members in service on December 31, 1994,...
§ 51.1-304. Contributions by Commonwealth - The Commonwealth shall contribute an amount equal to the sum...
§ 51.1-305. Service retirement generally - A. Normal retirement. -- Any member in service at his...
§ 51.1-306. Service retirement allowance - A. Retirement allowance. -- A member shall receive an annual...
§ 51.1-306.1. Service retirement allowance for judges appointed or elected after January 1, 2014 - Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter, the service retirement...
§ 51.1-307. Notice of disability retirement - In addition to the notice of retirement for disability which...
§ 51.1-308. Disability retirement allowance - A. Allowance payable on retirement. — Upon retirement for disability,...
§ 51.1-309. Appearance as counsel in certain forums prohibited - A. No former justice or judge of a court of...
Chapter 4 - Provisions Coordinating Past and Present Retirement Plans
§ 51.1-400. Definitions - The definitions listed in §§ 51.1-124.3, 51.1-201, and 51.1-301 shall...
§ 51.1-401. Accumulated contributions under abolished system - The accumulated contributions of the members of the abolished system...
§ 51.1-402. Continuation of benefits; amount of life insurance - A. Any former teachers retired under the provisions of Chapter...
§ 51.1-403. Service retirement allowance - A. Member contributions. -- Any member who was a former...
§ 51.1-404. Disability retirement - A. Disability retirement guarantee. -- The disability allowance payable to...
§ 51.1-405. Special retirement guarantee - The retirement allowance payable to any member of the State...
Chapter 5 - Group Insurance Program
§ 51.1-500. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-501. Board authorized to purchase group life and accident insurance policies - The Board is authorized to purchase group insurance policies to...
§ 51.1-502. Eligible employees and officers - The following persons are eligible to participate in the group...
§ 51.1-502.1. Certain employees of teaching hospitals - Any teaching hospital affiliated with an institution of higher education,...
§ 51.1-502.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 694.
§ 51.1-502.3. Certain employees of the Virginia Port Authority - The Virginia Port Authority may purchase group life, accidental death...
§ 51.1-503. Limitation on coverage - No person shall have more than one coverage under the...
§ 51.1-504. Election of political subdivision to participate; approval by Board - Any political subdivision which has group life insurance with any...
§ 51.1-505. Amounts of life and accident insurance for each employee; reduction and termination of insurance - A. Each employee to whom this chapter applies shall, subject...
§ 51.1-505.01. Additional accidental death and dismemberment benefits - The group life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance coverage purchased...
§ 51.1-506. Employee contributions; payroll deductions; effect of failure to deduct - Each insured employee shall contribute to the cost of his...
§ 51.1-507. Notice of desire not to be insured - Any policy of insurance purchased under the authority of this...
§ 51.1-508. Employer contributions - Employers, other than the Commonwealth, shall pay to the Board...
§ 51.1-509. Keeping records and furnishing information required by Board - Each employer, whose employees are insured under the provisions of...
§ 51.1-510. Insurance exempt from process - A. The insurance provided for in this chapter, including any...
§ 51.1-511. Persons entitled to payment of insurance on employee's death - Any amount of group life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance...
§ 51.1-512. Optional life insurance - A. The Board shall, under the terms and conditions specified...
§ 51.1-512.1. Optional life insurance for the spouse and minor dependents of employees - A. The Board shall, under the terms and conditions specified...
§ 51.1-513. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1998, c. 774.
§ 51.1-513.1. Long-term care insurance - The Department of Human Resource Management is authorized to develop,...
§ 51.1-513.2. Long-term care coverage program - A. The Board shall maintain and administer a long-term care...
§ 51.1-513.3. Long-term care insurance program for employees of local governments, local officers, and teachers - A. The Board shall maintain and administer a plan or...
§ 51.1-513.4. Trust fund for long-term care programs - The Board is authorized to establish a trust fund in...
§ 51.1-514. Policies to provide for accounting to Board; advance premium deposit reserve - A. Each policy purchased by the Board shall provide for...
Chapter 6 - Government Employees Deferred Compensation Plan Act
§ 51.1-600. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-601. Contract for deferred compensation - In accordance with a plan of deferred compensation, the Commonwealth,...
§ 51.1-601.1. Participation in plan by certain employees - All employees of the Commonwealth and its agencies commencing employment...
§ 51.1-602. Deferred compensation plan for employees of the Commonwealth; administered by the Board - A. The Board shall establish and administer a deferred compensation...
§ 51.1-603. Local deferred compensation plans - A. Any county, municipality, authority, or other political subdivision of...
§ 51.1-603.1. Participation by employees of political subdivisions in deferred compensation plan of Virginia Retirement System - A. The Virginia Retirement System may enter into an agreement...
§ 51.1-604. Standards for deferred compensation plans - No deferred compensation plan shall become effective until the Board,...
§ 51.1-605. Other retirement, pension, etc., systems not affected; annual report - Any deferred compensation program established by this chapter, and any...
§ 51.1-606. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 311, cl. 2.
Chapter 6.1 - Cash Match Plan
§ 51.1-607. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-608. Cash match plan for employees of the Commonwealth; administered by the Board - A. The Board shall establish and administer a cash match...
§ 51.1-609. Contributions on behalf of qualified participants - A. A participating employer or, on behalf of the Commonwealth,...
§ 51.1-610. Local cash match plans - A. Any county, municipality, authority, or other political subdivision of...
§ 51.1-611. Participation by employees of political subdivisions in cash match plan of Virginia Retirement System - The Virginia Retirement System may enter into an agreement with...
§ 51.1-612. Standards for cash match plans - No cash match plan shall become effective until the Board,...
§ 51.1-613. Other retirement, pension, etc., systems not affected; annual report - Any cash match program established by this chapter, and any...
Chapter 6.2 - Public School Teacher Supplemental Retirement
§ 51.1-617. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-618. Defined contribution plan for eligible employees of local public school boards; administered by the Board - A. The Board shall establish and administer a defined contribution...
Chapter 7 - Federal Social Security for State and Local Employees
§ 51.1-700. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-701. Rules and policies - The state social security administrator shall adopt rules and policies...
§ 51.1-702. Federal-state agreement - A. The state social security administrator, with the approval of...
§ 51.1-703. Interstate agreements - Any instrumentality jointly created by the Commonwealth and any other...
§ 51.1-704. Contributions by state employees - A. Every employee of the Commonwealth whose services are covered...
§ 51.1-705. Plans of agreement for coverage of employees of political subdivisions - A. Any political subdivision of the Commonwealth which desires coverage...
§ 51.1-706. Source of contributions - A. In the case of state employees, the employer contributions...
§ 51.1-707. Authority of state social security administrator - In addition to the authority granted elsewhere under this chapter,...
Chapter 8 - Local Retirement Systems
§ 51.1-800. Counties, cities, and certain towns to establish local systems or participate in Virginia Retirement System - A. Every county and city, and every town having a...
§ 51.1-801. Counties, cities, and towns generally - The governing body of any county, city, or town may,...
§ 51.1-801.1. Portability of service credit between certain political subdivisions of the Commonwealth and the Virginia Retirement System or certain other political subdivisions of the Commonwealth - A. Any political subdivision of the Commonwealth which has a...
§ 51.1-802. Assets of retirement systems; exemption from taxation; execution and assignment - The assets of any retirement system established pursuant to this...
§ 51.1-803. Investments of retirement systems - A. If the governing body of any county, city, or...
§ 51.1-804. In certain cities - Chapter 251 of the Acts of 1942, as amended by...
§ 51.1-805. In certain counties - The following laws are continued in effect: 1. Chapter 111...
§ 51.1-806. Reimbursement by Commonwealth for portion of employer contribution on account of certain officers and employees - Any county or city operating a local retirement system which...
§ 51.1-807. Police officers' pension and retirement boards - Any county, city, or town in this Commonwealth having a...
§ 51.1-808. Powers, authority, and duties of board - The general powers, authority, and duties of any police officers'...
§ 51.1-809. Treasurer of board - The treasurer of the board shall be the custodian of...
§ 51.1-810. Time credited to service record - The time of service of any member of a police...
§ 51.1-811. Eligibility for retirement; retirement allowance - Any member of a police department who has completed twenty...
§ 51.1-812. Disability from natural causes not originating in performance of official duties - Any member disabled on account of a natural cause or...
§ 51.1-813. Disability resulting from activities in discharge of official duties - If any member of a police department of a county,...
§ 51.1-814. Employing such presumption in determining eligibility for benefits - The presumption established in § 51.1-813 shall be employed in...
§ 51.1-815. Counties, cities, and towns authorized to provide relief to surviving spouse and children - Any county, city, or town may provide for the relief...
§ 51.1-816. Reduction of pension and benefits where income earned during disability retirement - If any person receives a disability pension or benefit under...
§ 51.1-817. Salary deductions payable to estate or refunded - If any police officer dies while in active service and...
§ 51.1-818. Funds for payment of pensions and benefits - Any and all cash assets and funds not necessary for...
§ 51.1-819. Adoption of article optional by counties, cities, and towns; appeal - Any county, city, or town in this Commonwealth having a...
§ 51.1-820. Police officers' pensions and retirements - All of the provisions of this article, including all authorizations...
§ 51.1-821. Police Retirement System - Prior §§ 51-127.10 through 51-127.30 are continued in effect under...
§ 51.1-822. Amendment, suspension, or revocation of retirement plan and trust - The governing body of any county with an urban county...
§ 51.1-823. Appeal - An appeal of right from the action of the retirement...
Chapter 9 - Confederate Veterans
§ 51.1-900. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2009, c. 33.
Chapter 10 - Disclosure Requirements for Public Retirement Systems
§ 51.1-1000. All state and local plans included - All automated retirement systems administered by the Board of Trustees...
§ 51.1-1001. Summary plan description - A. A summary plan description shall contain the following information:...
§ 51.1-1002. Annual statement of benefits - Every member or beneficiary shall be furnished with an annual...
§ 51.1-1003. Financial reports by retirement systems; auditor to promulgate standards - A. Every retirement system shall publish an annual report, which...
§ 51.1-1004. Use of electronic media - A. The duty to report and disclose material information and...
Chapter 11 - Sickness and Disability Program
§ 51.1-1100. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-1101. Sickness and disability program; disability insurance policies - A. The Board shall develop, implement, and administer a sick...
§ 51.1-1102. Additional powers of the Board - In addition to any other powers granted to the Board...
§ 51.1-1103. Participation in the program - A. All prior elections to participate in the program shall...
§ 51.1-1104. Sick leave benefit for participating employees - A. On the effective date of coverage for existing employees,...
§ 51.1-1105. Use of sick leave by participating employees - Participating employees shall be eligible to take sick leave to...
§ 51.1-1106. Sick leave benefit for nonparticipating employees - Eligible employees subject to personnel policies of the Department of...
§ 51.1-1107. Family and personal leave benefit - A. On the effective date of coverage for existing employees,...
§ 51.1-1108. Use of family and personal leave - A. Participating employees shall be eligible to take family and...
§ 51.1-1109. Applicability of article - The provisions of this article shall apply only with respect...
§ 51.1-1110. Short-term disability benefit - A. Except as provided in subsection D of § 51.1-1103,...
§ 51.1-1111. Successive periods of short-term disability - A. A participating employee's disability which is related or due...
§ 51.1-1112. Long-term disability benefit - A. Except as provided in subsection D of § 51.1-1103,...
§ 51.1-1113. Successive periods of long-term disability - A. A participating employee's disability which is related or due...
§ 51.1-1114. Adjustments to disability benefits - A. Disability benefit payments shall be offset by an amount...
§ 51.1-1115. Rehabilitation incentive - Disability benefits payable to a participating employee who fails to...
§ 51.1-1116. Cessation of disability benefits - If not sooner terminated due to the end of the...
§ 51.1-1117. Service retirement of participating full-time employees receiving disability benefits - A. A participating full-time employee receiving disability benefits who is...
§ 51.1-1118. Survivor benefits - If a participating full-time employee who is a member of...
§ 51.1-1119. Applicability of article - The provisions of this article shall apply only with respect...
§ 51.1-1120. Initial benefit period - During the first seven calendar days following the commencement of...
§ 51.1-1121. Supplemental short-term disability benefit - A. Payments of supplemental short-term disability benefits payable under this...
§ 51.1-1122. Successive periods of short-term disability - A. A participating employee's disability which is related or due...
§ 51.1-1123. Supplemental long-term disability benefit - A. Supplemental long-term disability benefits for participating employees shall commence...
§ 51.1-1124. Successive periods of long-term disability - A. A participating employee's disability which is related or due...
§ 51.1-1125. Adjustments in supplemental disability benefits - A. In addition to offsets equal to the amount of...
§ 51.1-1126. Rehabilitation incentive - Supplemental disability benefits payable to a participating employee who fails...
§ 51.1-1127. Cessation of supplemental disability benefits - Supplemental disability benefits shall cease to be paid to a...
§ 51.1-1128. Service retirement of participating full-time employees receiving supplemental disability benefits - A. Upon the cessation of benefits payable under the Act,...
§ 51.1-1129. Survivor benefits - If a participating full-time employee who is a member of...
§ 51.1-1130. Coordination of benefits - The Board and the Department of Human Resource Management, as...
§ 51.1-1131. Supplemental benefits for catastrophic disability - Disability benefits shall be increased to eighty percent of creditable...
§ 51.1-1131.1. Employer contributions during disability absences - Mandatory employer contributions to the defined contribution component of the...
§ 51.1-1132. Health insurance coverage during disability absences - A. Participating employees enrolled in a health insurance plan established...
§ 51.1-1133. Life and accident insurance coverage during disability absences - A. Participating full-time employees participating in a group life and...
§ 51.1-1134. Optional insurance during disability absences - Participating full-time employees may continue coverage under the optional insurance...
§ 51.1-1135. Exclusions and limitations - A. Disability benefits shall not be payable to any participating...
§ 51.1-1135.1. Appeals - The Board may elect to develop an alternative to the...
§ 51.1-1135.2. Board authorized to provide long-term care insurance and benefits - A. For purposes of this section, "participating employee" means the...
§ 51.1-1136. Limitation on coverage - No person shall have more than one coverage under a...
§ 51.1-1137. Keeping records and furnishing information required by Board - Each employer whose employees are covered under the provisions of...
§ 51.1-1138. Benefits exempt from process - The benefits provided for in this chapter and all proceeds...
§ 51.1-1139. Policies to provide for accounting to Board; advance premium deposit reserve - A. Each insurance product purchased by the Board or contract...
§ 51.1-1140. Funding of program; Disability Insurance Trust Fund established - A. The costs of providing sick leave, family and personal...
Chapter 11.1 - Disability Program for Hybrid Retirement Program Participants
§ 51.1-1150. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-1151. Sickness and disability program; disability insurance policies - A. The Board shall develop, implement, and administer a short-term...
§ 51.1-1152. Additional powers of the Board - In addition to any other powers granted to the Board...
§ 51.1-1153. Participation in the program - A. All eligible employees shall become participants in this program,...
§ 51.1-1154. Applicability of article - The provisions of this article shall apply only with respect...
§ 51.1-1155. Short-term disability benefit - A. Except as provided in subsection B of § 51.1-1153,...
§ 51.1-1156. Successive periods of short-term disability - A. A participating employee's disability, which is related or due...
§ 51.1-1157. Long-term disability benefit - A. Long-term disability benefits for participating employees shall commence upon...
§ 51.1-1158. Successive periods of long-term disability - A. A participating employee's disability, which is related or due...
§ 51.1-1159. Adjustments to disability benefits - A. Disability benefit payments shall be offset by an amount...
§ 51.1-1160. Rehabilitation incentive - Disability benefits payable to a participating employee who fails to...
§ 51.1-1161. Cessation of disability benefits; service retirement - A. Disability benefits shall cease to be paid to a...
§ 51.1-1162. Applicability of article - The provisions of this article shall apply only with respect...
§ 51.1-1163. Supplemental short-term disability benefit - A. Payments of supplemental short-term disability benefits payable under this...
§ 51.1-1164. Successive periods of short-term disability - A. A participating employee's disability, which is related or due...
§ 51.1-1165. Supplemental long-term disability benefit - A. Supplemental long-term disability benefits for participating employees shall commence...
§ 51.1-1166. Successive periods of long-term disability - A. A participating employee's disability, which is related or due...
§ 51.1-1167. Adjustments in supplemental disability benefits - A. In addition to offsets equal to the amount of...
§ 51.1-1168. Rehabilitation incentive - Supplemental disability benefits payable to a participating employee who fails...
§ 51.1-1169. Cessation of supplemental disability benefits; service retirement - A. Supplemental disability benefits shall cease to be paid to...
§ 51.1-1170. Coordination of benefits - The Board shall develop guidelines and procedures for the coordination...
§ 51.1-1171. Supplemental benefits for catastrophic disability - Disability benefits shall be increased to 80 percent of creditable...
§ 51.1-1172. Employer contributions during disability absences - Mandatory employer contributions to the defined contribution component of the...
§ 51.1-1173. Health insurance coverage during disability absences - Participating employees enrolled in a health insurance plan shall (i)...
§ 51.1-1174. Life and accident insurance coverage during disability absences - A. Participating employees participating in a group life and accident...
§ 51.1-1175. Optional insurance during disability absences - Participating employees may continue coverage under the optional insurance for...
§ 51.1-1176. Exclusions and limitations - A. Disability benefits shall not be payable to any participating...
§ 51.1-1177. Appeals - The Board may elect to develop an alternative to the...
§ 51.1-1178. Board authorized to provide long-term care insurance and benefits - A. For purposes of this section, "participating employee" means the...
§ 51.1-1179. Limitation on coverage - No person shall have more than one coverage under a...
§ 51.1-1180. Keeping records and furnishing information required by Board - Each employer whose employees are covered under the provisions of...
§ 51.1-1181. Benefits exempt from process - The benefits provided for in this chapter and all proceeds...
§ 51.1-1182. Policies to provide for accounting to Board; advance premium deposit reserve - A. Each insurance product purchased by the Board or contract...
§ 51.1-1183. Funding of program; Hybrid Retirement Program Disability Insurance Trust Fund established - A. The costs of providing short-term disability benefits shall be...
Chapter 12 - Volunteer Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Service Award Fund
§ 51.1-1200. Fund established; administration and management; Volunteer Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Service Award Fund Board - There is hereby created a fund to be known and...
§ 51.1-1201. Volunteer Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Service Award Fund Board - A. The Volunteer Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Service Award...
§ 51.1-1202. Powers and duties of the Board - The Board shall promulgate such rules and policies as are...
§ 51.1-1203. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-1204. Application for membership in Fund; quarterly payments by members; matching payments from the general fund; payments credited to separate accounts of members - Eligible volunteers, and all persons who subsequently become eligible volunteers,...
§ 51.1-1205. Equivalent distribution - Any member who has attained the age of sixty and...
§ 51.1-1206. Other distributions - The Board shall direct payment in lump sums from the...
§ 51.1-1207. Determination of prior creditable service; information furnished by applicants for membership - Any member with eligible service prior to the effective date...
§ 51.1-1208. Length of service not affected by serving in more than one department or agency; transfer from one department or agency to another - The length of service of an eligible volunteer firefighter or...
§ 51.1-1209. Effect of member not maintaining eligibility and being six months delinquent in making monthly payments - A. Any member who does not maintain his eligibility as...
§ 51.1-1210. Administrative fee for rejoining the Fund - Any individual who had been a member of the Fund...
§ 51.1-1211. Falsification of records; penalty - Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or falsifies...
Chapter 13 - Benefit Restoration Plan
§ 51.1-1300. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 51.1-1301. Benefit restoration plan for employees; administration by the Board - A. The Board shall establish and administer a benefit restoration...
§ 51.1-1302. Local benefit restoration plans - The governing body of any county, municipality, authority or other...
§ 51.1-1303. Standards for benefit restoration plans - No benefit restoration plan shall become effective until the Board,...
§ 51.1-1304. Other retirement, pension systems not affected; annual report - A. Any benefit restoration plan established by this chapter, and...
Chapter 14 - Health Insurance Credits for Certain Retirees
§ 51.1-1400. Health insurance credits for retired state employees - A. The Commonwealth shall provide a credit toward the cost...
§ 51.1-1401. Health insurance credits for retired teachers - A. A teacher, as defined in § 51.1-124.3, retired under...
§ 51.1-1402. Health insurance credits for retired local government employees - A. Retired local government employees, other than employees of a...
§ 51.1-1402.1. Health insurance credits for retired school division employees other than teachers - A. Employees of a local school division who are not...
§ 51.1-1403. Health insurance credits for retired constitutional officers, employees of constitutional officers, general registrars, employees of general registrars, and local social service employees - A. A local officer, as defined in § 51.1-124.3, general...
§ 51.1-1404. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 76.
§ 51.1-1405. Participation in the state retiree health benefits program - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...