                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 51.1-500)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Accident&#8221; means  an accident covered under the group insurance
coverage purchased by the Board.
		&#8220;Board&#8221; means  the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement
System.
		&#8220;College savings trust account&#8221; means  the same as that term is
defined in § 23.1-700.
		&#8220;Company&#8221; means  insurance company.
		&#8220;Contributor&#8221; means  the same as that term is defined in §
23.1-700.
		&#8220;Dependent child&#8221; means  (i) the insured employee&#8217;s
unmarried natural or legally adopted children who are not self-supporting; (ii)
the insured employee&#8217;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&#8217;s federal income tax return; (iii) any
other children if they are in the insured employee&#8217;s court-ordered
custody; or (iv) other dependent children of the employee&#8217;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 § 2.2-1204 or § 2.2-2818.
		&#8220;Dismemberment&#8221; means  a dismemberment covered under the group
insurance coverage purchased by the Board.
		&#8220;Eligible educational institution&#8221; has the same meaning as that
term is defined in § 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.
		&#8220;Felonious assault&#8221; 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&#8217;s
normal place of business or at other places the employer&#8217;s business
requires him to travel; (iii) that involves the use of force or violence with
the intent to cause harm; and (iv) that is a felony or misdemeanor under
applicable law.
		&#8220;Group insurance program&#8221; or &#8220;insurance program&#8221; means
 the plan covered under the policy purchased by the Board which provides group
life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance coverage for employees.
		&#8220;Immediate family member&#8221; means  the insured employee&#8217;s
spouse, children, parents, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers and sisters and
their spouses.
		&#8220;Qualified higher education expenses&#8221; has the same meaning as that
term is defined in § 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.
		&#8220;Qualifying child&#8221; means  a dependent child less than eighteen
years of age, or if eighteen years of age or older a dependent child enrolled in
high school.
		&#8220;Retirement System&#8221; means  the Virginia Retirement System.
		&#8220;Safety restraint system&#8221; 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 §
51.1-124.3 shall apply to this chapter except as otherwise provided.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 832; 2001, cc. 685, 690; 2020, cc. 245, 374.