(1) If the person's maximum portability period for the payment is an unlimited period, the person's right to continue to be paid the payment throughout the period of absence is not affected merely by the absence.
Note 1: Section 1217 defines the person's maximum portability period for the payment.
Note 2: However, the person's rate of payment may be affected after 26 weeks--see Division 3.
(2) This section is subject to section 1220.