{"law_id":"776089","section_number":"51.1-1158","catch_line":"Successive periods of long-term disability","history":"2012, cc. 701, 823.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/51.1-1158\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/51.1-1158\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/2\/51.1-1158","structure":{"1":{"id":"2247","name":"Nonwork-related Disability Benefits.","identifier":"2","label":"article","url":"\/51.1\/11.1\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"578","name":"Disability Program For Hybrid Retirement Program Participants","identifier":"11.1","label":"chapter","url":"\/51.1\/11.1\/"},"3":{"id":"435","name":"Pensions, Benefits, And Retirement","identifier":"51.1","label":"title","url":"\/51.1\/"}},"referred_to_by":[{"id":"784959","section_number":"51.1-1400","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired state employees","url":"\/51.1-1400\/"},{"id":"778226","section_number":"51.1-1401","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired teachers","url":"\/51.1-1401\/"},{"id":"773219","section_number":"51.1-1402","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired local government employees","url":"\/51.1-1402\/"},{"id":"778592","section_number":"51.1-1403","catch_line":"Health insurance credits for retired constitutional officers, employees of constitutional officers, general registrars, employees of general registrars, and local social service employees","url":"\/51.1-1403\/"}],"edition_id":"11","section_id":"776089","structure_id":"2247","full_text":"A A participating employee’s disability, which is related or due to the same cause or causes as a prior disability for which long-term disability benefits were paid, shall be deemed to be a continuation of the prior disability if the employee returns to a position on an active employment basis for less than 125 consecutive work days. Days of work arranged pursuant to vocational, rehabilitation, or return-to-work programs shall not be counted in determining the duration of the period of the employee’s return to work.\r\rB If a participating employee returns to a position on an active employment basis for 125 consecutive work days or longer, any succeeding period of disability shall constitute a new period of disability.\r\r","text":{"0":{"id":"2502439","text":"A participating employee’s disability, which is related or due to the same cause or causes as a prior disability for which long-term disability benefits were paid, shall be deemed to be a continuation of the prior disability if the employee returns to a position on an active employment basis for less than 125 consecutive work days. Days of work arranged pursuant to vocational, rehabilitation, or return-to-work programs shall not be counted in determining the duration of the period of the employee’s return to work.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1},"1":{"id":"2502440","text":"If a participating employee returns to a position on an active employment basis for 125 consecutive work days or longer, any succeeding period of disability shall constitute a new period of disability.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"2247","name":"Nonwork-related Disability Benefits.","identifier":"2","label":"article","url":"\/51.1\/11.1\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"578","name":"Disability Program For Hybrid Retirement Program Participants","identifier":"11.1","label":"chapter","url":"\/51.1\/11.1\/"},"3":{"id":"435","name":"Pensions, Benefits, And Retirement","identifier":"51.1","label":"title","url":"\/51.1\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"768326","structure_id":"2247","section_number":"51.1-1154","catch_line":"Applicability of article","url":"\/51.1-1154\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/2\/51.1-1154"},"1":{"id":"795326","structure_id":"2247","section_number":"51.1-1156","catch_line":"Successive periods of short-term disability","url":"\/51.1-1156\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/2\/51.1-1156"},"2":{"id":"790727","structure_id":"2247","section_number":"51.1-1157","catch_line":"Long-term disability benefit","url":"\/51.1-1157\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/2\/51.1-1157"},"3":{"id":"776089","structure_id":"2247","section_number":"51.1-1158","catch_line":"Successive periods of long-term disability","url":"\/51.1-1158\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/2\/51.1-1158"},"4":{"id":"784736","structure_id":"2247","section_number":"51.1-1159","catch_line":"Adjustments to disability benefits","url":"\/51.1-1159\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/2\/51.1-1159"},"5":{"id":"788540","structure_id":"2247","section_number":"51.1-1160","catch_line":"Rehabilitation incentive","url":"\/51.1-1160\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/2\/51.1-1160"},"6":{"id":"796188","structure_id":"2247","section_number":"51.1-1161","catch_line":"Cessation of disability benefits; service retirement","url":"\/51.1-1161\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/2\/51.1-1161"}},"previous_section":{"id":"790727","structure_id":"2247","section_number":"51.1-1157","catch_line":"Long-term disability benefit","url":"\/51.1-1157\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/2\/51.1-1157"},"next_section":{"id":"784736","structure_id":"2247","section_number":"51.1-1159","catch_line":"Adjustments to disability benefits","url":"\/51.1-1159\/","token":"51.1\/11.1\/2\/51.1-1159"},"references":false,"formats":{"txt":"\/51.1-1158.txt","json":"\/51.1-1158.json","xml":"\/51.1-1158.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Successive periods of long-term disability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1158","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUCCESSIVE PERIODS OF LONG-TERM DISABILITY (\u00a7 51.1-1158)\n\nA. A participating employee’s disability, which is related or due to the\nsame cause or causes as a prior disability for which long-term disability\nbenefits were paid, shall be deemed to be a continuation of the prior disability\nif the employee returns to a position on an active employment basis for less\nthan 125 consecutive work days. Days of work arranged pursuant to vocational,\nrehabilitation, or return-to-work programs shall not be counted in determining\nthe duration of the period of the employee’s return to work.\n\nB. If a participating employee returns to a position on an active employment\nbasis for 125 consecutive work days or longer, any succeeding period of\ndisability shall constitute a new period of disability.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 701, 823."}