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The Board may contract for and purchase such long-term care insurance or may self-insure long-term care benefits or may use such other actuarially sound funding necessary to effectuate such long-term care insurance and benefits.C\n\nThe costs of providing long-term care benefits for participating employees shall be paid by state agencies from funds as shall be appropriated by law to state agencies. State agencies shall pay to the Board from such funds contribution amounts, to be determined by the Board, to provide the Board with such funds as shall be required from time to time to (i) obtain and maintain long-term care insurance and benefits for participating employees, and (ii) administer the long-term care insurance program, including providing case management and cost containment programs. 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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 663<\/a> and 697<\/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 2011, chapter 30<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62748,"section_number":"51.1-1140","catch_line":"Funding of program; Disability Insurance Trust Fund established","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1140\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62748,"section_number":"51.1-1140","catch_line":"Funding of program; Disability Insurance Trust Fund established","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1140\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235631,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78013,"identifier":"51.1-1135.2","token":"51.1\/11\/5\/51.1-1135.2","url":"\/51.1-1135.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1135.2\/","token":"51.1\/11\/5\/51.1-1135.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board authorized to provide long-term care insurance and benefits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1135.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For purposes of this section, “participating employee<\/span>” means the same as that term is defined in § 51.1-1100<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board is authorized to develop, implement, and administer a long-term care insurance program<\/span> for participating employees<\/span> that includes, among other elements, provisions under which a person may purchase continuing coverage if he ceases to be a participating employee<\/span>. The Board may contract<\/span> for and purchase such long-term care insurance or may self-insure long-term care benefits or may use such other actuarially sound funding necessary to effectuate such long-term care insurance and benefits. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The costs of providing long-term care benefits for participating employees<\/span> shall be paid by state agencies from funds as shall be appropriated by law<\/span> to state agencies. State agencies shall pay to the Board from such funds contribution amounts, to be determined by the Board, to provide the Board with such funds as shall be required from time to time to (i) obtain and maintain long-term care insurance and benefits for participating employees<\/span>, and (ii) administer the long-term care insurance program<\/span>, including providing case management and cost containment programs<\/span>. Contributions shall be deposited in the Disability<\/span> Insurance Trust Fund established under § 51.1-1140<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE AND BENEFITS (\u00a7\n51.1-1135.2)\n\nA. For purposes of this section, “participating employee” means the\nsame as that term is defined in § 51.1-1100.\n\nB. The Board is authorized to develop, implement, and administer a long-term\ncare insurance program for participating employees that includes, among other\nelements, provisions under which a person may purchase continuing coverage if he\nceases to be a participating employee. The Board may contract for and purchase\nsuch long-term care insurance or may self-insure long-term care benefits or may\nuse such other actuarially sound funding necessary to effectuate such long-term\ncare insurance and benefits.\n\nC. The costs of providing long-term care benefits for participating employees\nshall be paid by state agencies from funds as shall be appropriated by law to\nstate agencies. State agencies shall pay to the Board from such funds\ncontribution amounts, to be determined by the Board, to provide the Board with\nsuch funds as shall be required from time to time to (i) obtain and maintain\nlong-term care insurance and benefits for participating employees, and (ii)\nadminister the long-term care insurance program, including providing case\nmanagement and cost containment programs. Contributions shall be deposited in\nthe Disability Insurance Trust Fund established under § 51.1-1140.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, cc. 663, 697; 2011, c. 30.","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}}