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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 774<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1999, chapter 144<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 694<\/a>; in 2011, chapter 722<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62468,"section_number":"51.1-1110","catch_line":"Short-term disability benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1110\/"},{"id":58886,"section_number":"51.1-1112","catch_line":"Long-term disability benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1112\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235539,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63245,"identifier":"51.1-1116","token":"51.1\/11\/3\/51.1-1116","url":"\/51.1-1116\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1116\/","token":"51.1\/11\/3\/51.1-1116","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cessation of disability benefits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1116","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If not sooner terminated due to the end of the period of disability coverage as provided in subsection E of \u00a7 51.1-1110<\/a> or subsection F of \u00a7 51.1-1112<\/a>, disability benefits<\/span> shall cease to be paid to a participating employee<\/span> upon the first to occur of the following:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The date of death of the participating employee<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> (i) The participating employee<\/span>’s normal retirement date if the employee is a member of the retirement system or (ii) the date the employee attains age sixty-five if the employee is not a member of the retirement system; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The effective date of the participating full-time employee’s service retirement under any provision of this title. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCESSATION OF DISABILITY BENEFITS (\u00a7 51.1-1116)\n\nIf not sooner terminated due to the end of the period of disability coverage as\nprovided in subsection E of \u00a7 51.1-1110 or subsection F of \u00a7 51.1-1112,\ndisability benefits shall cease to be paid to a participating employee upon the\nfirst to occur of the following:\n\n1. The date of death of the participating employee;\n\n2. (i) The participating employee’s normal retirement date if the employee\nis a member of the retirement system or (ii) the date the employee attains age\nsixty-five if the employee is not a member of the retirement system; or\n\n3. The effective date of the participating full-time employee’s service\nretirement under any provision of this title.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2001, c. 694; 2011, c. 722.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}