                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LONG-TERM CARE COVERAGE PROGRAM (§ 51.1-513.2)

A. The Board shall maintain and administer a long-term care coverage or similar
benefit program for any state employee working an average of at least 20 hours
per week, and for any other person who has five or more years of creditable
service with any retirement plan administered by the Virginia Retirement System.
The long-term care coverage program may also extend coverage to eligible family
members of such state employee or other person. The Board is authorized to
contract for and purchase insurance coverage or to use other actuarially sound
funding necessary to effectuate this provision. Participation in the long-term
care coverage program shall be voluntary, subject to policies and procedures
adopted by the Board.

B. Any person eligible to participate in the long-term care coverage program
pursuant to &#xA7; 51.1-513.3 will not be eligible for this plan.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, the Board may self-insure
long-term care benefits provided under &#xA7; 51.1-513.2 or 51.1-513.3 in
accordance with the standards set forth in &#xA7; 51.1-124.30.

HISTORY: 2008, c. 568; 2011, c. 722; 2018, cc. 53, 305.