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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 2013, chapter 463<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235759,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86759,"identifier":"51.1-1173","token":"51.1\/11.1\/4\/51.1-1173","url":"\/51.1-1173\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1173\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/4\/51.1-1173","dublin_core":{"Title":"Health insurance coverage during disability absences","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1173","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Participating employees<\/span> enrolled in a health insurance plan shall (i) continue to be covered during periods of short-term disability and (ii) have the option of continuing to be covered by such plan during periods of absence covered by long-term disability benefits<\/span>, but only to the extent such health insurance coverage is provided by the employers of such participating employees<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE DURING DISABILITY ABSENCES (\u00a7 51.1-1173)\n\nParticipating employees enrolled in a health insurance plan shall (i) continue\nto be covered during periods of short-term disability and (ii) have the option\nof continuing to be covered by such plan during periods of absence covered by\nlong-term disability benefits, but only to the extent such health insurance\ncoverage is provided by the employers of such participating employees.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 701, 823; 2013, c. 463.","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}}