{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/51.1-1169.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/51.1-1169.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/51.1-1169.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/51.1-1169.html"}],"law_id":76738,"edition_id":1,"section_id":76738,"structure_id":14323,"section_number":"51.1-1169","catch_line":"Cessation of supplemental disability benefits; service retirement","history":"2012, cc. 701, 823; 2025, c. 190.","full_text":"A\n\nSupplemental disability benefits shall cease to be paid to a participating employee upon the first to occur of the following:1\n\nThe end of the period of supplemental disability coverage as provided in subsection E of § 51.1-1163 or subsection E of § 51.1-1165;2\n\nThe date of death of the participating employee;3\n\nOn the date the employee attains normal retirement age; or4\n\nThe effective date of the participating full-time employee’s service retirement under the hybrid retirement program described in § 51.1-169 or, in the case of an eligible dispatcher, the effective date of the eligible dispatcher’s service retirement under any provision of this title.\n\t\t\t\tNotwithstanding the foregoing, an employee who is approved for supplemental disability benefits (i) at age 60 through 64 shall be eligible for five years of supplemental disability benefits, (ii) at age 65 through 68 shall be eligible for supplemental disability benefits to age 70, and (iii) at age 69 or older shall be eligible for supplemental disability benefits for one year. The eligibility periods include supplemental short-term disability and supplemental long-term disability.B\n\nUpon the cessation of benefits payable under the Act, a participating full-time employee may take service retirement under any provision of this title for which the employee is otherwise eligible, including the hybrid retirement program described in § 51.1-169. Such employee shall be authorized to elect any option for the payment of his retirement allowance provided under subsection A of § 51.1-165.C\n\nThe employee’s average final compensation shall be equal to his creditable compensation on the date of the commencement of the disability increased by an amount recommended by the actuary of the Virginia Retirement System, and approved by the Board, from the date of the commencement of the disability to the date of retirement.D\n\nThe creditable service of a participating full-time employee taking service retirement pursuant to this section shall include periods during which the employee received supplemental disability benefits, provided that such creditable service shall not include periods for which (i) the employee received supplemental short-term disability benefits, (ii) the employer did not report such creditable service to the retirement system, and (iii) the employee did not purchase such creditable service.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":275490,"text":"Supplemental disability benefits shall cease to be paid to a participating employee upon the first to occur of the following:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":275491,"text":"The end of the period of supplemental disability coverage as provided in subsection E of § 51.1-1163 or subsection E of § 51.1-1165;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":275492,"text":"The date of death of the participating employee;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":275493,"text":"On the date the employee attains normal retirement age; or","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":275494,"text":"The effective date of the participating full-time employee’s service retirement under the hybrid retirement program described in § 51.1-169 or, in the case of an eligible dispatcher, the effective date of the eligible dispatcher’s service retirement under any provision of this title.\n\t\t\t\tNotwithstanding the foregoing, an employee who is approved for supplemental disability benefits (i) at age 60 through 64 shall be eligible for five years of supplemental disability benefits, (ii) at age 65 through 68 shall be eligible for supplemental disability benefits to age 70, and (iii) at age 69 or older shall be eligible for supplemental disability benefits for one year. 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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 701<\/a> and 823<\/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 2025, chapter 190<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83485,"section_number":"51.1-166","catch_line":"Post-retirement supplements generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-166\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71036,"section_number":"51.1-1163","catch_line":"Supplemental short-term disability benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1163\/"},{"id":55822,"section_number":"51.1-1165","catch_line":"Supplemental long-term disability benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1165\/"},{"id":83100,"section_number":"51.1-169","catch_line":"Hybrid retirement program","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-169\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235741,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76738,"identifier":"51.1-1169","token":"51.1\/11.1\/3\/51.1-1169","url":"\/51.1-1169\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1169\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/3\/51.1-1169","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cessation of supplemental disability benefits; service retirement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1169","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Supplemental disability benefits<\/span> shall cease to be paid to a participating employee<\/span> upon the first to occur of the following: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The end of the period of supplemental disability coverage as provided in subsection E of § 51.1-1163<\/a> or subsection E of § 51.1-1165<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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

3.<\/span> On the date the employee attains normal retirement age; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The effective date of the participating full-time employee’s service<\/span> retirement under the hybrid retirement program<\/span> described in § 51.1-169<\/a> or, in the case of an eligible dispatcher<\/span>, the effective date of the eligible dispatcher<\/span>’s service<\/span> retirement under any provision of this title.\n\t\t\t\tNotwithstanding the foregoing, an employee who is approved for supplemental disability benefits<\/span> (i) at age 60 through 64 shall be eligible for five years of supplemental disability benefits<\/span>, (ii) at age 65 through 68 shall be eligible for supplemental disability benefits<\/span> to age 70, and (iii) at age 69 or older shall be eligible for supplemental disability benefits<\/span> for one year. The eligibility periods include supplemental short-term disability and supplemental long-term disability. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Upon the cessation of benefits payable under the Act<\/span>, a participating full-time employee may take service<\/span> retirement under any provision of this title for which the employee is otherwise eligible, including the hybrid retirement program<\/span> described in § 51.1-169<\/a>. Such employee shall be authorized to elect any option for the payment of his retirement allowance provided under subsection A of § 51.1-165<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The employee’s average final compensation shall be equal to his creditable compensation on the date of the commencement of the disability increased by an amount recommended by the actuary of the Virginia Retirement System, and approved by the Board, from the date of the commencement of the disability to the date of retirement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The creditable service<\/span> of a participating full-time employee taking service<\/span> retirement pursuant to this section shall include periods during which the employee received supplemental disability benefits<\/span>, provided that such creditable service<\/span> shall not include periods for which (i) the employee received supplemental short-term disability benefits<\/span>, (ii) the employer did not report such creditable service<\/span> to the retirement system, and (iii) the employee did not purchase such creditable service<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCESSATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS; SERVICE RETIREMENT (\u00a7 51.1-1169)\n\nA. Supplemental disability benefits shall cease to be paid to a participating\nemployee upon the first to occur of the following:\n\n 1. The end of the period of supplemental disability coverage as provided in\n subsection E of § 51.1-1163 or subsection E of § 51.1-1165;\n\n 2. The date of death of the participating employee;\n\n 3. On the date the employee attains normal retirement age; or\n\n 4. The effective date of the participating full-time employee’s service\n retirement under the hybrid retirement program described in § 51.1-169\n or, in the case of an eligible dispatcher, the effective date of the eligible\n dispatcher’s service retirement under any provision of this title.\n \t\t\t\tNotwithstanding the foregoing, an employee who is approved for\n supplemental disability benefits (i) at age 60 through 64 shall be eligible\n for five years of supplemental disability benefits, (ii) at age 65 through 68\n shall be eligible for supplemental disability benefits to age 70, and (iii) at\n age 69 or older shall be eligible for supplemental disability benefits for one\n year. The eligibility periods include supplemental short-term disability and\n supplemental long-term disability.\n\nB. Upon the cessation of benefits payable under the Act, a participating\nfull-time employee may take service retirement under any provision of this title\nfor which the employee is otherwise eligible, including the hybrid retirement\nprogram described in § 51.1-169. Such employee shall be authorized to elect\nany option for the payment of his retirement allowance provided under subsection\nA of § 51.1-165.\n\nC. The employee’s average final compensation shall be equal to his\ncreditable compensation on the date of the commencement of the disability\nincreased by an amount recommended by the actuary of the Virginia Retirement\nSystem, and approved by the Board, from the date of the commencement of the\ndisability to the date of retirement.\n\nD. The creditable service of a participating full-time employee taking service\nretirement pursuant to this section shall include periods during which the\nemployee received supplemental disability benefits, provided that such\ncreditable service shall not include periods for which (i) the employee received\nsupplemental short-term disability benefits, (ii) the employer did not report\nsuch creditable service to the retirement system, and (iii) the employee did not\npurchase such creditable service.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 701, 823; 2025, c. 190.","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}}