Virginia HB 1824: State employees; sick leave for certain disabled veterans.

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19101255D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1824 

Offered January 9, 2019 

Prefiled January 1, 2019 

A BILL to amend and reenact �� 51.1-1100 and 51.1-1104 of the 
 Code of Virginia, relating to sick leave for state employees; certain disabled 
 veterans. 
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Patrons-- Reid and Murphy 

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Referred to Committee on Appropriations 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That �� 51.1-1100 and 51.1-1104 of the Code of Virginia 
 are amended and reenacted as follows:

� 51.1-1100. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a 
 different meaning:

"Act" means the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act 
 (� 65.2-100 et seq.).

"Company" means an insurance company issuing a 
 long-term disability insurance policy purchased by the Board pursuant to this 
 chapter.

"Disability" means a partial disability or total 
 disability.

"Disability benefit" means income replacement 
 payments payable to a participating employee under a short-term or long-term 
 disability benefit program pursuant to this chapter. Disability benefits do not 
 include benefits payable under the Act.

"Disabled 
 veteran" means a participating 
 employee who served as a member of the Armed 
 Forces of the United States or the Virginia National Guard 
 and has received 
 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or its 
 successor agency pursuant to 
 federal law a service-connected, permanent, and total disability 
 rating of at least 60 
 percent for a disability that occurred on or after January 
 1, 2016.

"Eligible employee" means (i) a state employee as 
 defined in � 51.1-124.3 who is a member of the retirement system, including the 
 hybrid retirement program described in � 51.1-169; (ii) an employee as defined 
 in � 51.1-201; (iii) an employee as defined in � 51.1-212; or (iv) a qualifying 
 part-time employee. Any person participating in a plan established pursuant to 
 � 51.1-126, 51.1-126.1, 51.1-126.4, 51.1-126.5, 51.1-502.1, or 51.1-502.3 shall 
 not be an eligible employee. Employees of the University of Virginia Medical 
 Center covered under the basic insurance policies purchased by the Medical 
 Center shall not be considered eligible employees under this chapter, unless 
 the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, or a duly authorized agent or 
 representative of the Board of Visitors, purchases such insurance policies from 
 the Virginia Retirement System.

"Existing employee" means an employee who elected to 
 participate in the Virginia Sickness and Disability Program.

"Partial disability" exists during the first 24 
 months following the occurrence or commencement of an illness or injury when an 
 employee is earning less than 80 percent of his predisability earnings and, as 
 a result of an injury o