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Except as provided in this section with regard to the rate of income replacement and the duration of supplemental short-term disability coverage, such state police officers shall be eligible for work-related, supplemental short-term disability benefits upon the same terms and conditions that apply to other participating employees pursuant to Article 4 (\u00a7 51.1-1119 et seq.) of Chapter 11 of Title 51.1. 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Except as provided in this section with regard to the rate of income replacement and the duration of supplemental short-term disability coverage, such state police officers shall be eligible for work-related, supplemental short-term disability benefits upon the same terms and conditions that apply to other participating employees pursuant to Article 4 (\u00a7 51.1-1119 et seq.) of Chapter 11 of Title 51.1. 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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 654<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60326,"section_number":"51.1-1121","catch_line":"Supplemental short-term disability benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1121\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":82207,"section_number":"51.1-1100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1100\/"},{"id":61765,"section_number":"51.1-1119","catch_line":"Applicability of article","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1119\/"},{"id":60326,"section_number":"51.1-1121","catch_line":"Supplemental short-term disability benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1121\/"},{"id":75852,"section_number":"51.1-1123","catch_line":"Supplemental long-term disability benefit","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1123\/"}],"permalink":{"id":285345,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80137,"identifier":"9.1-401.1","token":"9.1\/4\/9.1-401.1","url":"\/9.1-401.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-401.1\/","token":"9.1\/4\/9.1-401.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Supplemental short-term disability benefit for state police officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-401.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A state police officer who is a participating employee, as defined in \u00a7 51.1-1100<\/a>, and who incurs a work-related injury in the line of duty, shall receive supplemental short-term disability coverage, pursuant to \u00a7 51.1-1121<\/a>, that provides income replacement for 100 percent of the officer’s creditable compensation for the first six months and, pursuant to a certification by the Superintendent of State Police, based on a medical evaluation, that the officer is likely to return to service within another six months, up to one calendar year, that the officer is disabled, without regard to the officer’s number of months of state service. Except as provided in this section with regard to the rate of income replacement and the duration of supplemental short-term disability coverage, such state police officers shall be eligible for work-related, supplemental short-term disability benefits upon the same terms and conditions that apply to other participating employees pursuant to Article 4 (\u00a7 51.1-1119<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 11 of Title 51.1. Upon the expiration of the one-calendar-year period, such state police officers shall be eligible for supplemental long-term disability benefits as provided in \u00a7 51.1-1123<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUPPLEMENTAL SHORT-TERM DISABILITY BENEFIT FOR STATE POLICE OFFICERS (\u00a7\n9.1-401.1)\n\nA state police officer who is a participating employee, as defined in \u00a7\n51.1-1100, and who incurs a work-related injury in the line of duty, shall\nreceive supplemental short-term disability coverage, pursuant to \u00a7 51.1-1121,\nthat provides income replacement for 100 percent of the officer’s\ncreditable compensation for the first six months and, pursuant to a\ncertification by the Superintendent of State Police, based on a medical\nevaluation, that the officer is likely to return to service within another six\nmonths, up to one calendar year, that the officer is disabled, without regard to\nthe officer’s number of months of state service. Except as provided in\nthis section with regard to the rate of income replacement and the duration of\nsupplemental short-term disability coverage, such state police officers shall be\neligible for work-related, supplemental short-term disability benefits upon the\nsame terms and conditions that apply to other participating employees pursuant\nto Article 4 (\u00a7 51.1-1119 et seq.) of Chapter 11 of Title 51.1. Upon the\nexpiration of the one-calendar-year period, such state police officers shall be\neligible for supplemental long-term disability benefits as provided in \u00a7\n51.1-1123.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, c. 654.","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}}