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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65692</law_id><section_number>51.1-1135</section_number><catch_line>Exclusions and limitations</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="5">Provisions Applicable to Disability Benefits Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> <span class="dictionary">Disability benefits</span> shall not be payable to any <span class="dictionary">participating employee</span> (i) whose disability results from the employee&#x2019;s commission of a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> or (ii) during any period when the employee is incarcerated. <a id="paragraph-238764" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-1135/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Long-term <span class="dictionary">disability benefits</span> shall not be payable to any <span class="dictionary">participating employee</span> whose disability results from the abuse of alcohol, the misuse of any prescribed medication, or the misuse of any controlled substance, unless the employee is actively receiving treatment and, in the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of the case manager, is fully complying with the treatment plan and is making substantial progress toward rehabilitation. <a id="paragraph-238765" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-1135/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> <span class="dictionary">Disability benefits</span> shall not be payable if the <span class="dictionary">participating employee</span> is determined by the Board or its designee to be noncompliant with the <span class="dictionary">program</span>. <a id="paragraph-238766" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-1135/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2000, c. 889.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
