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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63245</law_id><section_number>51.1-1116</section_number><catch_line>Cessation of disability benefits</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="51.1">Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Sickness and Disability Program</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Nonwork Related Disability Benefits</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If not sooner terminated due to the end of the period of disability coverage as provided in subsection E of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Short-term disability benefit" href="/51.1-1110/">51.1-1110</a> or subsection F of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Long-term disability benefit" href="/51.1-1112/">51.1-1112</a>, <span class="dictionary">disability benefits</span> shall cease to be paid to a <span class="dictionary">participating employee</span> upon the first to occur of the following:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The date of death of the <span class="dictionary">participating employee</span>; <a id="paragraph-230545" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-1116/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> (i) The <span class="dictionary">participating employee</span>&#x2019;s normal retirement date if the employee is a member of the retirement system or (ii) the date the employee attains age sixty-five if the employee is not a member of the retirement system; or <a id="paragraph-230546" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-1116/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The effective date of the participating full-time employee&#x2019;s service retirement under any provision of this title. <a id="paragraph-230547" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-1116/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2001, c. 694; 2011, c. 722.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
