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The policies shall provide life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance and shall be purchased from and carried with a life insurance company authorized to do business in the Commonwealth and which maintains in the Commonwealth sufficient staff and facilities to efficiently administer and service the insurance. Each policy shall contain a provision stipulating the maximum expense and risk charges that are determined by the Board to be on a basis consistent with the general level of charges made by life insurance companies under policies of group life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance issued to large employers. The Board may require that the policies have reinsurance with a life insurance company incorporated or organized under the laws of and authorized to do business in the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":303119,"text":"The Board is authorized to purchase group insurance policies to insure eligible employees. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 604 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 1960 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1968, chapter 617; in 1974, chapter 353; in 1985, chapter 236; in 1990, chapter 832.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61045,"section_number":"2.2-2817.2","catch_line":"Employees of the University of Virginia Medical Center","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2817.2\/"},{"id":63807,"section_number":"23.1-2417","catch_line":"Insurance for employees of the Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-2417\/"},{"id":83648,"section_number":"51.1-502.1","catch_line":"Certain employees of teaching hospitals","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-502.1\/"},{"id":72342,"section_number":"51.1-502.3","catch_line":"Certain employees of the Virginia Port Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-502.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":236075,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84578,"identifier":"51.1-501","token":"51.1\/5\/51.1-501","url":"\/51.1-501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-501\/","token":"51.1\/5\/51.1-501","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board authorized to purchase group life and accident insurance policies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> is authorized to purchase group insurance policies to insure eligible employees. The policies shall provide life, accidental death, and <span class=\"dictionary\">dismemberment<\/span> insurance and shall be purchased from and carried with a life insurance <span class=\"dictionary\">company<\/span> authorized to do business in the Commonwealth and which maintains in the Commonwealth sufficient staff and facilities to efficiently administer and service the insurance. Each policy shall contain a provision stipulating the maximum expense and risk charges that are determined by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> to be on a basis consistent with the general level of charges made by life insurance companies under policies of group life, accidental death, and <span class=\"dictionary\">dismemberment<\/span> insurance issued to large employers. 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Each policy shall contain a provision stipulating the\nmaximum expense and risk charges that are determined by the Board to be on a\nbasis consistent with the general level of charges made by life insurance\ncompanies under policies of group life, accidental death, and dismemberment\ninsurance issued to large employers. The Board may require that the policies\nhave reinsurance with a life insurance company incorporated or organized under\nthe laws of and authorized to do business in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 604, \u00a7 51-111.67:1; 1968, c. 617; 1974, c. 353; 1985, c. 236;\n1990, c. 832.","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}}