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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86887</law_id><section_number>51.1-500</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>2.2-2817.2</reference><reference>2.2-3203</reference><reference>23.1-1025</reference><reference>51.1-1133</reference><reference>51.1-1174</reference><reference>51.1-124.22</reference><reference>51.1-142.2</reference><reference>51.1-512</reference></referred_to_by><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="5">Group Insurance Program</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Accident</span>&#x201D; means  an <span class="dictionary">accident</span> covered under the group insurance coverage purchased by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x201D; means  the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Trustees of the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">College savings trust account</span>&#x201D; means  the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/23.1-700/">23.1-700</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Company</span>&#x201D; means  insurance <span class="dictionary">company</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Contributor</span>&#x201D; means  the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/23.1-700/">23.1-700</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Dependent child</span>&#x201D; means  (i) the insured employee&#x2019;s unmarried natural or legally adopted children who are not self-supporting; (ii) the insured employee&#x2019;s unmarried stepchildren living full time with the insured employee in a parent-child relationship and who can be claimed as a dependent on the insured employee&#x2019;s federal income tax return; (iii) any other children if they are in the insured employee&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">court</span>-ordered <span class="dictionary">custody</span>; or (iv) other dependent children of the employee&#x2019;s family who are eligible for coverage under the family membership program offered under policies and procedures of the Department of Human Resource Management governing health insurance plans administered pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Health insurance program for employees of local governments, local officers, teachers, etc.; definitions" href="/2.2-1204/">2.2-1204</a> or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Health and related insurance for state employees" href="/2.2-2818/">2.2-2818</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Dismemberment</span>&#x201D; means  a <span class="dictionary">dismemberment</span> covered under the group insurance coverage purchased by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Eligible educational institution</span>&#x201D; has the same meaning as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;529 of the Internal Revenue Code.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Felonious assault</span>&#x201D; means  a physical assault (i) by another person resulting in bodily harm to an insured employee; (ii) that takes place while such employee is performing his customary duties at the employer&#x2019;s normal place of business or at other places the employer&#x2019;s business requires him to travel; (iii) that involves the use of force or violence with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to cause harm; and (iv) that is a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> or <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> under applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Group insurance program</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;insurance program&#x201D; means  the plan covered under the policy purchased by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> which provides group life, accidental death, and <span class="dictionary">dismemberment</span> insurance coverage for employees.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Immediate family member</span>&#x201D; means  the insured employee&#x2019;s spouse, children, parents, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers and sisters and their spouses.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Qualified higher education expenses</span>&#x201D; has the same meaning as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;529 of the Internal Revenue Code.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Qualifying child</span>&#x201D; means  a <span class="dictionary">dependent child</span> less than eighteen years of age, or if eighteen years of age or older a <span class="dictionary">dependent child</span> enrolled in high school.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span>&#x201D; means  the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Safety restraint system</span>&#x201D; means  a properly installed seatbelt, lap and shoulder restraint or other restraint approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or any successor governmental agency. The term excludes an air bag safety system.
		In addition to the definitions listed above, the definitions listed in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/51.1-124.3/">51.1-124.3</a> shall apply to this chapter except as otherwise provided.</p></section></text><history>1990, c. 832; 2001, cc. 685, 690; 2020, cc. 245, 374.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
