                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUPPLEMENTAL SHORT-TERM DISABILITY BENEFIT FOR STATE POLICE OFFICERS (§
9.1-401.1)

A state police officer who is a participating employee, as defined in §
51.1-1100, and who incurs a work-related injury in the line of duty, shall
receive supplemental short-term disability coverage, pursuant to § 51.1-1121,
that provides income replacement for 100 percent of the officer&#8217;s
creditable compensation for the first six months and, pursuant to a
certification by the Superintendent of State Police, based on a medical
evaluation, that the officer is likely to return to service within another six
months, up to one calendar year, that the officer is disabled, without regard to
the officer&#8217;s number of months of state service. Except as provided in
this section with regard to the rate of income replacement and the duration of
supplemental short-term disability coverage, such state police officers shall be
eligible for work-related, supplemental short-term disability benefits upon the
same terms and conditions that apply to other participating employees pursuant
to Article 4 (§ 51.1-1119 et seq.) of Chapter 11 of Title 51.1. Upon the
expiration of the one-calendar-year period, such state police officers shall be
eligible for supplemental long-term disability benefits as provided in §
51.1-1123.

HISTORY: 2010, c. 654.