Virginia House Bill 363 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-18 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

State Sickness and Disability Program. Eliminates the one-year waiting period for eligibility for disability benefits for vested local government employees commencing employment in a state position covered under the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), State Police Officers' Retirement System, Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System, or the hybrid retirement program. Under current law, employees who enter state service on or after July 1, 2009, are required to wait one year before they can receive benefits under the state sickness and disability program for nonwork related disabilities. The bill eliminates this waiting period for local government employees who have at least five years of creditable service under VRS (including the hybrid retirement program) or the Law Enforcement Officers' Retirement System (LEORS) upon commencing employment in a state position with no break in service. In addition, for purposes of determining the disability benefit payable, the bill provides that any such employee upon entering state service will be deemed to have a beginning balance of months of state service equal to the number of months of VRS or LEORS creditable service credited to him as of his beginning employment date. The provisions of the bill do not affect disability benefits payable or eligibility for such benefits relating to illnesses or injuries occurring prior to July 1, 2016.

State Sickness and Disability Program; benefits.

Del. George Loupassi [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-18	House	Left in Appropriations
2016-02-11	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-14	House	Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement
2016-01-05	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2016-01-05	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100510D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
51	1	1100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
51	1	1103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
51	1	1110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
51	1	1121	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB363
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB363+hil