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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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1999, chapter 144<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235581,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73677,"identifier":"51.1-1126","token":"51.1\/11\/4\/51.1-1126","url":"\/51.1-1126\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1126\/","token":"51.1\/11\/4\/51.1-1126","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rehabilitation incentive","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1126","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Supplemental disability benefits<\/span> payable to a participating employee<\/span> who fails to cooperate with a rehabilitation program<\/span> prescribed for the employee shall be decreased by fifty percent of the amounts otherwise payable to such employee. In determining the amount of any reduction in benefits under this section, the participating employee<\/span> shall be presumed to continue to receive benefits payable under the Act<\/span>. Failure to comply with a vocational rehabilitation assessment process at any time the employee is receiving supplemental disability benefits<\/span> may constitute a failure to cooperate for purposes of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREHABILITATION INCENTIVE (\u00a7 51.1-1126)\n\nSupplemental disability benefits payable to a participating employee who fails\nto cooperate with a rehabilitation program prescribed for the employee shall be\ndecreased by fifty percent of the amounts otherwise payable to such employee. In\ndetermining the amount of any reduction in benefits under this section, the\nparticipating employee shall be presumed to continue to receive benefits payable\nunder the Act. Failure to comply with a vocational rehabilitation assessment\nprocess at any time the employee is receiving supplemental disability benefits\nmay constitute a failure to cooperate for purposes of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144.","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}}