§ 51.1-1135 Exclusions and limitations
A. Disability benefits shall not be payable to any participating employee (i) whose disability results from the employee’s commission of a felony or (ii) during any period when the employee is incarcerated.
B. Long-term disability benefits shall not be payable to any participating employee whose disability results from the abuse of alcohol, the misuse of any prescribed medication, or the misuse of any controlled substance, unless the employee is actively receiving treatment and, in the judgment of the case manager, is fully complying with the treatment plan and is making substantial progress toward rehabilitation.
C. Disability benefits shall not be payable if the participating employee is determined by the Board or its designee to be noncompliant with the program.
History
This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 774 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1999, chapter 144; in 2000, chapter 889.
1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2000, c. 889.