51.1-513.3 - Long-term care insurance program for employees of local governments, local officers, and teachers.
§ 51.1-513.3. Long-term care insurance program for employees of localgovernments, local officers, and teachers.
A. The Board shall, with the mutual consent of the Board and the Director ofthe Department of Human Resource Management, assume responsibility for theplan or plans, hereinafter "plan" or "plans," established pursuant to §2.2-1207, for providing long-term care coverage for employees of localgovernments, local officers, and teachers. The plan or plans may, but neednot, be rated separately from any plan developed to provide long-term carecoverage for state employees under § 51.1-513.2. Participation in suchinsurance plan or plans shall be (i) voluntary, (ii) approved by theparticipant's respective governing body, or by the local school board in thecase of teachers, and (iii) subject to policies and procedures adopted by theBoard.
B. For the purposes of this section:
"Employees of local governments" shall include all officers and employeesof the governing body of any county, city, or town, and the directing orgoverning body of any political entity, subdivision, branch or unit of theCommonwealth or of any commission or public authority or body corporatecreated by or under an act of the General Assembly specifying the power orpowers, privileges or authority capable of exercise by the commission orpublic authority or body corporate, as distinguished from § 15.2-1300,15.2-1303, or similar statutes, provided that the officers and employees of asocial services department; welfare board; mental health, mental retardationand substance abuse services board; or library board of a county, city, ortown shall be deemed to be employees of local government.
"Local officer" means the treasurer, registrar, commissioner of therevenue, attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk of a circuit court, sheriff, orconstable of any county or city or deputies or employees of any of thepreceding local officers.
"Teacher" means any employee of a county, city, or other local publicschool board.
(2008, c. 568.)