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If a participating employee fails or refuses to pursue the available benefits as directed by the plan administrator, supplemental disability benefit payments may be reduced by amounts from any of the sources listed in subdivisions A 3, A 4, and A 5 for which a participating employee is deemed eligible by the plan administrator as if the employee received such amounts. However, if the employee has applied for such benefits, and has reapplied and appealed denials of the claim as requested by the administrator of the plan, and the claim is not approved, the employee’s supplemental disability payments shall not be reduced thereby.C\n\nIf a participating employee’s disability benefit payments are reduced as the result of payments from sources listed in subdivisions A 3, A 4, and A 5 or pursuant to subsection B, the employee’s disability benefits shall not thereafter be further reduced on account of cost-of-living increases in payments from such sources.D\n\nParticipating employees shall be required to repay, with interest, to the Board or the employer any overpayments of supplemental disability benefits on account of the failure of the employee to provide the Board or its designee with information necessary to make any of the reductions required to be made under this article.E\n\nAny payment to a participating employee that is later determined by the Board or by the employer to have been procured on the basis of any false statement or falsification of any record knowingly made by or on behalf of the employee, or the employee’s failure to make any required report of change in disability status, may be recovered from the employee by the Board, with interest, either by way of a credit against future payments due the employee or by an action at law against the employee.F\n\nIf a participating employee’s payments under the Act are adjusted or terminated for refusal to work or to comply with the requirements of § 65.2-603, his disability benefits shall be computed as if he were receiving the compensation to which he would otherwise be entitled under the Act.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":213892,"text":"In addition to offsets equal to the amount of any benefits paid to a participating employee under the Act, supplemental disability benefit payments shall be offset by an amount equal to any sums payable to a participating employee from the following sources:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":213893,"text":"During the first 12 months the employee receives disability benefits, an amount equal to the employee’s wages and salary from any employment times the income replacement percentage payable;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":213894,"text":"After the first 12 months the employee receives disability benefits, an amount equal to 70 percent of the employee’s wages and salary from any employment;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":213895,"text":"Disability payments from the Social Security Administration, local government disability benefits, federal civil service disability benefits, or other similar governmental disability program benefits received by the employee or his family as a result of the qualifying disability;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":213896,"text":"Benefits received from any other group insurance contract provided by the Commonwealth for the purpose of income replacement;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"A5"},"5":{"id":213897,"text":"Benefits paid under any compulsory benefits law; and","type":"section","prefixes":["A","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"A5","prefix_anchor":"A5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A4","next_prefix":"A6"},"6":{"id":213898,"text":"If the participating employee receives a settlement in lieu of periodic payments for a disability compensable under the Act, an amount determined by dividing the workers’ compensation benefit which such employee would have received had the lump-sum settlement not been consummated into the settlement actually accepted by the employee.\n\t\t\t\tNotwithstanding the foregoing, supplemental disability benefit payments shall not be offset by military disability benefits payable to a participating employee.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"A6","prefix_anchor":"A6","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A5","next_prefix":"B"},"7":{"id":213899,"text":"If the plan administrator deems a participating employee to be eligible for benefits from any of the sources listed in subdivisions A 3, A 4, and A 5, the plan administrator may direct the participating employee to apply for those benefits and to pursue whatever additional steps are necessary to obtain the benefits. If a participating employee fails or refuses to pursue the available benefits as directed by the plan administrator, supplemental disability benefit payments may be reduced by amounts from any of the sources listed in subdivisions A 3, A 4, and A 5 for which a participating employee is deemed eligible by the plan administrator as if the employee received such amounts. However, if the employee has applied for such benefits, and has reapplied and appealed denials of the claim as requested by the administrator of the plan, and the claim is not approved, the employee’s supplemental disability payments shall not be reduced thereby.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A6","next_prefix":"C"},"8":{"id":213900,"text":"If a participating employee’s disability benefit payments are reduced as the result of payments from sources listed in subdivisions A 3, A 4, and A 5 or pursuant to subsection B, the employee’s disability benefits shall not thereafter be further reduced on account of cost-of-living increases in payments from such sources.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"9":{"id":213901,"text":"Participating employees shall be required to repay, with interest, to the Board or the 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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 5 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 2000, chapter 889<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 5<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 778<\/a> and 841<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 417<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82651,"section_number":"65.2-603","catch_line":"Duty to furnish medical attention, etc., and vocational rehabilitation; effect of refusal of employee to accept","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-603\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235577,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58415,"identifier":"51.1-1125","token":"51.1\/11\/4\/51.1-1125","url":"\/51.1-1125\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1125\/","token":"51.1\/11\/4\/51.1-1125","dublin_core":{"Title":"Adjustments in supplemental disability benefits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1125","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In addition to offsets equal to the amount of any benefits paid to a participating employee<\/span> under the Act<\/span>, supplemental disability benefit<\/span> payments shall be offset by an amount equal to any sums payable to a participating employee<\/span> from the following sources: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> During the first 12 months the employee receives disability benefits<\/span>, an amount equal to the employee’s wages and salary from any employment times the income replacement percentage payable; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> After the first 12 months the employee receives disability benefits<\/span>, an amount equal to 70 percent of the employee’s wages and salary from any employment; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Disability payments from the Social Security Administration, local government disability benefits<\/span>, federal civil service disability benefits<\/span>, or other similar governmental disability program<\/span> benefits received by the employee or his family as a result of the qualifying disability; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Benefits received from any other group insurance contract<\/span> provided by the Commonwealth for the purpose of income replacement; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Benefits paid under any compulsory benefits law<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> If the participating employee<\/span> receives a settlement<\/span> in lieu of periodic payments for a disability compensable under the Act<\/span>, an amount determined by dividing the workers’ compensation benefit which such employee would have received had the lump-sum settlement<\/span> not been consummated into the settlement<\/span> actually accepted by the employee.\n\t\t\t\tNotwithstanding the foregoing, supplemental disability benefit<\/span> payments shall not be offset by military disability benefits<\/span> payable to a participating employee<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If the plan administrator deems a participating employee<\/span> to be eligible for benefits from any of the sources listed in subdivisions A 3, A 4, and A 5, the plan administrator may direct the participating employee<\/span> to apply for those benefits and to pursue whatever additional steps are necessary to obtain the benefits. If a participating employee<\/span> fails or refuses to pursue the available benefits as directed by the plan administrator, supplemental disability benefit<\/span> payments may be reduced by amounts from any of the sources listed in subdivisions A 3, A 4, and A 5 for which a participating employee<\/span> is deemed eligible by the plan administrator as if the employee received such amounts. However, if the employee has applied for such benefits, and has reapplied and appealed denials of the claim as requested by the administrator of the plan, and the claim is not approved, the employee’s supplemental disability payments shall not be reduced thereby. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If a participating employee<\/span>’s disability benefit<\/span> payments are reduced as the result of payments from sources listed in subdivisions A 3, A 4, and A 5 or pursuant to subsection B, the employee’s disability benefits<\/span> shall not thereafter be further reduced on account of cost-of-living increases in payments from such sources. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Participating employees<\/span> shall be required to repay, with interest, to the Board or the employer any overpayments of supplemental disability benefits<\/span> on account of the failure of the employee to provide the Board or its designee with information necessary to make any of the reductions required to be made under this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Any payment to a participating employee<\/span> that is later determined by the Board or by the employer to have been procured on the basis of any false statement or falsification of any record knowingly made by or on behalf of the employee, or the employee’s failure to make any required report of change in disability status, may be recovered from the employee by the Board, with interest, either by way of a credit against future payments due the employee or by an action at law<\/span> against the employee. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> If a participating employee<\/span>’s payments under the Act<\/span> are adjusted or terminated for refusal to work or to comply with the requirements of § 65.2-603<\/a>, his disability benefits<\/span> shall be computed as if he were receiving the compensation to which he would otherwise be entitled under the Act<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADJUSTMENTS IN SUPPLEMENTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS (\u00a7 51.1-1125)\n\nA. In addition to offsets equal to the amount of any benefits paid to a\nparticipating employee under the Act, supplemental disability benefit payments\nshall be offset by an amount equal to any sums payable to a participating\nemployee from the following sources:\n\n 1. During the first 12 months the employee receives disability benefits, an\n amount equal to the employee’s wages and salary from any employment\n times the income replacement percentage payable;\n\n 2. After the first 12 months the employee receives disability benefits, an\n amount equal to 70 percent of the employee’s wages and salary from any\n employment;\n\n 3. Disability payments from the Social Security Administration, local\n government disability benefits, federal civil service disability benefits, or\n other similar governmental disability program benefits received by the\n employee or his family as a result of the qualifying disability;\n\n 4. Benefits received from any other group insurance contract provided by the\n Commonwealth for the purpose of income replacement;\n\n 5. Benefits paid under any compulsory benefits law; and\n\n 6. If the participating employee receives a settlement in lieu of periodic\n payments for a disability compensable under the Act, an amount determined by\n dividing the workers’ compensation benefit which such employee would\n have received had the lump-sum settlement not been consummated into the\n settlement actually accepted by the employee.\n \t\t\t\tNotwithstanding the foregoing, supplemental disability benefit payments\n shall not be offset by military disability benefits payable to a participating\n employee.\n\nB. If the plan administrator deems a participating employee to be eligible for\nbenefits from any of the sources listed in subdivisions A 3, A 4, and A 5, the\nplan administrator may direct the participating employee to apply for those\nbenefits and to pursue whatever additional steps are necessary to obtain the\nbenefits. If a participating employee fails or refuses to pursue the available\nbenefits as directed by the plan administrator, supplemental disability benefit\npayments may be reduced by amounts from any of the sources listed in\nsubdivisions A 3, A 4, and A 5 for which a participating employee is deemed\neligible by the plan administrator as if the employee received such amounts.\nHowever, if the employee has applied for such benefits, and has reapplied and\nappealed denials of the claim as requested by the administrator of the plan, and\nthe claim is not approved, the employee’s supplemental disability payments\nshall not be reduced thereby.\n\nC. If a participating employee’s disability benefit payments are reduced\nas the result of payments from sources listed in subdivisions A 3, A 4, and A 5\nor pursuant to subsection B, the employee’s disability benefits shall not\nthereafter be further reduced on account of cost-of-living increases in payments\nfrom such sources.\n\nD. Participating employees shall be required to repay, with interest, to the\nBoard or the employer any overpayments of supplemental disability benefits on\naccount of the failure of the employee to provide the Board or its designee with\ninformation necessary to make any of the reductions required to be made under\nthis article.\n\nE. Any payment to a participating employee that is later determined by the Board\nor by the employer to have been procured on the basis of any false statement or\nfalsification of any record knowingly made by or on behalf of the employee, or\nthe employee’s failure to make any required report of change in disability\nstatus, may be recovered from the employee by the Board, with interest, either\nby way of a credit against future payments due the employee or by an action at\nlaw against the employee.\n\nF. If a participating employee’s payments under the Act are adjusted or\nterminated for refusal to work or to comply with the requirements of §\n65.2-603, his disability benefits shall be computed as if he were receiving the\ncompensation to which he would otherwise be entitled under the Act.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2000, c. 889; 2003, c. 5; 2006, cc. 778,\n841; 2012, c. 417.","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}}