{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/51.1-1402.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/51.1-1402.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/51.1-1402.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/51.1-1402.html"}],"law_id":61234,"edition_id":1,"section_id":61234,"structure_id":13212,"section_number":"51.1-1402","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired local government employees","history":"1992, c. 770, \u00a7 2.1-20.1:4; 1993, cc. 743, 938; 1995, cc. 612, 734; 1998, cc. 195, 676; 2001, c. 844; 2012, cc. 701, 823; 2020, c. 1091.","full_text":"A\n\nRetired local government employees, other than employees of a local school division who are not teachers as defined in § 51.1-124.3, whose localities have elected to participate in the Virginia Retirement System, including the hybrid retirement program described in § 51.1-169, who have rendered at least 15 years of total creditable service under the System shall receive a health insurance credit to their monthly retirement allowance, which shall be applied to reduce the retired member’s health insurance premium cost, provided the retiree’s employer elects to participate in the credit program. The amount of each monthly health insurance credit payable under this section shall be $1.50 for each full year of the retired member’s creditable service, not to exceed a maximum monthly credit of $45; however, each former member whose retirement was for disability, a participant receiving long-term disability pursuant to § 51.1-1157 or 51.1-1165, or a member of the hybrid retirement program receiving long-term disability pursuant to coverage under subsection A of § 51.1-1153 shall receive a monthly health insurance credit of $45. Eligibility for the credit shall be determined in a manner prescribed by the Virginia Retirement System. Any member who elects to defer his retirement pursuant to subsection C of § 51.1-153 shall be entitled to receive the allowable credit provided by this section on the effective date of his retirement.B\n\nThose retired employees who purchase an alternative policy from a carrier or organization of their own choosing shall be eligible to receive a credit in the amount specified in subsection C. Eligibility for the credit and payment of the credit shall be determined in a manner prescribed by the Virginia Retirement System.C\n\nThe credit shall be in the amount provided in subsection A or the amount of premium paid for the personal health insurance policy, whichever is less.D\n\nThe cost of the monthly health insurance credit payable under this section shall be borne by the locality.E\n\nThe Virginia Retirement System shall actuarially determine the amount necessary to fund all credits provided under this section, reflect the cost of such credits in the applicable employer contribution rate pursuant to § 51.1-145, and prescribe such terms and conditions as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The costs associated with the administration of the health insurance credit program provided for in this section shall be recovered from the health insurance credit trust fund.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":223768,"text":"Retired local government employees, other than employees of a local school division who are not teachers as defined in § 51.1-124.3, whose localities have elected to participate in the Virginia Retirement System, including the hybrid retirement program described in § 51.1-169, who have rendered at least 15 years of total creditable service under the System shall receive a health insurance credit to their monthly retirement allowance, which shall be applied to reduce the retired member’s health insurance premium cost, provided the retiree’s employer elects to participate in the credit program. The amount of each monthly health insurance credit payable under this section shall be $1.50 for each full year of the retired member’s creditable service, not to exceed a maximum monthly credit of $45; however, each former member whose retirement was for disability, a participant receiving long-term disability pursuant to § 51.1-1157 or 51.1-1165, or a member of the hybrid retirement program receiving long-term disability pursuant to coverage under subsection A of § 51.1-1153 shall receive a monthly health insurance credit of $45. Eligibility for the credit shall be determined in a manner prescribed by the Virginia Retirement System. Any member who elects to defer his retirement pursuant to subsection C of § 51.1-153 shall be entitled to receive the allowable credit provided by this section on the effective date of his retirement.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":223769,"text":"Those retired employees who purchase an alternative policy from a carrier or organization of their own choosing shall be eligible to receive a credit in the amount specified in subsection C. Eligibility for the credit and payment of the credit shall be determined in a manner prescribed by the Virginia Retirement System.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":223770,"text":"The credit shall be in the amount provided in subsection A or the amount of premium paid for the personal health insurance policy, whichever is less.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":223771,"text":"The cost of the monthly health insurance credit payable under this section shall be borne by the locality.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":223772,"text":"The Virginia Retirement System shall actuarially determine the amount necessary to fund all credits provided under this section, reflect the cost of such credits in the applicable employer contribution rate pursuant to § 51.1-145, and prescribe such terms and conditions as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The costs associated with the administration of the health insurance credit program provided for in this section shall be recovered from the health insurance credit trust fund.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13212,"edition_id":1,"name":"Health Insurance Credits for Certain Retirees","identifier":"14","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12947,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:27","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:27","permalink":{"id":235875,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13212,"identifier":"14","token":"51.1\/14","url":"\/51.1\/14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12947,"edition_id":1,"name":"Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement","identifier":"51.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","permalink":{"id":235029,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12947,"identifier":"51.1","token":"51.1","url":"\/51.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":75331,"structure_id":13212,"section_number":"51.1-1400","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired state employees","url":"\/51.1-1400\/","token":"51.1\/14\/51.1-1400","metadata":false},{"id":71866,"structure_id":13212,"section_number":"51.1-1401","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired teachers","url":"\/51.1-1401\/","token":"51.1\/14\/51.1-1401","metadata":false},{"id":61234,"structure_id":13212,"section_number":"51.1-1402","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired local government employees","url":"\/51.1-1402\/","token":"51.1\/14\/51.1-1402","metadata":false},{"id":84044,"structure_id":13212,"section_number":"51.1-1402.1","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired school division employees other than teachers","url":"\/51.1-1402.1\/","token":"51.1\/14\/51.1-1402.1","metadata":false},{"id":54220,"structure_id":13212,"section_number":"51.1-1403","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired constitutional officers, employees of constitutional officers, general registrars, employees of general registrars, and local social service employees","url":"\/51.1-1403\/","token":"51.1\/14\/51.1-1403","metadata":false},{"id":73288,"structure_id":13212,"section_number":"51.1-1404","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/51.1-1404\/","token":"51.1\/14\/51.1-1404","metadata":false},{"id":63381,"structure_id":13212,"section_number":"51.1-1405","catch_line":"Participation in the state retiree health benefits program","url":"\/51.1-1405\/","token":"51.1\/14\/51.1-1405","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":71866,"structure_id":13212,"section_number":"51.1-1401","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired teachers","url":"\/51.1-1401\/","token":"51.1\/14\/51.1-1401","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":84044,"structure_id":13212,"section_number":"51.1-1402.1","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired school division employees other than teachers","url":"\/51.1-1402.1\/","token":"51.1\/14\/51.1-1402.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/51.1-1402\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 770 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. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1993, chapters 743 and 938; in 1995, chapters 612<\/a> and 734<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 195<\/a> and 676<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 701<\/a> and 823<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 1091<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75331,"section_number":"51.1-1400","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired state employees","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1400\/"},{"id":71866,"section_number":"51.1-1401","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired teachers","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1401\/"},{"id":54220,"section_number":"51.1-1403","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired constitutional officers, employees of constitutional officers, general registrars, employees of general registrars, and local social service employees","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1403\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58048,"section_number":"51.1-1153","catch_line":"Participation in the program","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1153\/"},{"id":76755,"section_number":"51.1-1157","catch_line":"Long-term disability benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1157\/"},{"id":55822,"section_number":"51.1-1165","catch_line":"Supplemental long-term disability benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1165\/"},{"id":70634,"section_number":"51.1-124.3","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-124.3\/"},{"id":62951,"section_number":"51.1-145","catch_line":"Employer contributions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-145\/"},{"id":85181,"section_number":"51.1-153","catch_line":"Service retirement","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-153\/"},{"id":83100,"section_number":"51.1-169","catch_line":"Hybrid retirement program","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-169\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235885,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61234,"identifier":"51.1-1402","token":"51.1\/14\/51.1-1402","url":"\/51.1-1402\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1402\/","token":"51.1\/14\/51.1-1402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Health insurance credits for retired local government employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Retired local government employees, other than employees of a local school division who are not teachers as defined in § 51.1-124.3<\/a>, whose localities have elected to participate in the Virginia Retirement System, including the hybrid retirement program described in § 51.1-169<\/a>, who have rendered at least 15 years of total creditable service under the System shall receive a health insurance credit to their monthly retirement allowance, which shall be applied to reduce the retired member’s health insurance premium cost, provided the retiree’s employer elects to participate in the credit program. The amount of each monthly health insurance credit payable under this section shall be $1.50 for each full year of the retired member’s creditable service, not to exceed a maximum monthly credit of $45; however, each former member whose retirement was for disability, a participant receiving long-term disability pursuant to § 51.1-1157<\/a> or 51.1-1165<\/a>, or a member of the hybrid retirement program receiving long-term disability pursuant to coverage under subsection A of § 51.1-1153<\/a> shall receive a monthly health insurance credit of $45. Eligibility for the credit shall be determined in a manner prescribed by the Virginia Retirement System. Any member who elects to defer his retirement pursuant to subsection C of § 51.1-153<\/a> shall be entitled to receive the allowable credit provided by this section on the effective date of his retirement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Those retired employees who purchase an alternative policy from a carrier or organization of their own choosing shall be eligible to receive a credit in the amount specified in subsection C. Eligibility for the credit and payment of the credit shall be determined in a manner prescribed by the Virginia Retirement System. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The credit shall be in the amount provided in subsection A or the amount of premium paid for the personal health insurance policy, whichever is less. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The cost of the monthly health insurance credit payable under this section shall be borne by the locality. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> The Virginia Retirement System shall actuarially determine the amount necessary to fund all credits provided under this section, reflect the cost of such credits in the applicable employer contribution rate pursuant to § 51.1-145<\/a>, and prescribe such terms and conditions as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The costs associated with the administration of the health insurance credit program provided for in this section shall be recovered from the health insurance credit trust fund. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEALTH INSURANCE CREDITS FOR RETIRED LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 51.1-1402)\n\nA. Retired local government employees, other than employees of a local school\ndivision who are not teachers as defined in § 51.1-124.3, whose localities\nhave elected to participate in the Virginia Retirement System, including the\nhybrid retirement program described in § 51.1-169, who have rendered at\nleast 15 years of total creditable service under the System shall receive a\nhealth insurance credit to their monthly retirement allowance, which shall be\napplied to reduce the retired member’s health insurance premium cost,\nprovided the retiree’s employer elects to participate in the credit\nprogram. The amount of each monthly health insurance credit payable under this\nsection shall be $1.50 for each full year of the retired member’s\ncreditable service, not to exceed a maximum monthly credit of $45; however, each\nformer member whose retirement was for disability, a participant receiving\nlong-term disability pursuant to § 51.1-1157 or 51.1-1165, or a member of\nthe hybrid retirement program receiving long-term disability pursuant to\ncoverage under subsection A of § 51.1-1153 shall receive a monthly health\ninsurance credit of $45. Eligibility for the credit shall be determined in a\nmanner prescribed by the Virginia Retirement System. Any member who elects to\ndefer his retirement pursuant to subsection C of § 51.1-153 shall be\nentitled to receive the allowable credit provided by this section on the\neffective date of his retirement.\n\nB. Those retired employees who purchase an alternative policy from a carrier or\norganization of their own choosing shall be eligible to receive a credit in the\namount specified in subsection C. Eligibility for the credit and payment of the\ncredit shall be determined in a manner prescribed by the Virginia Retirement\nSystem.\n\nC. The credit shall be in the amount provided in subsection A or the amount of\npremium paid for the personal health insurance policy, whichever is less.\n\nD. The cost of the monthly health insurance credit payable under this section\nshall be borne by the locality.\n\nE. The Virginia Retirement System shall actuarially determine the amount\nnecessary to fund all credits provided under this section, reflect the cost of\nsuch credits in the applicable employer contribution rate pursuant to §\n51.1-145, and prescribe such terms and conditions as are necessary to carry out\nthe provisions of this section. The costs associated with the administration of\nthe health insurance credit program provided for in this section shall be\nrecovered from the health insurance credit trust fund.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 770, \u00a7 2.1-20.1:4; 1993, cc. 743, 938; 1995, cc. 612, 734;\n1998, cc. 195, 676; 2001, c. 844; 2012, cc. 701, 823; 2020, c. 1091.","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}}