HB 141 — Relating to disability insurance policies; to authorize disability insurers to offer paid family leave benefit policies.

HB141 INTRODUCEDENROLLED 80T42F-180T42F-2 By Representative Ellis RFD:

21-Mar-23 2023 Regular Session Page 0 80T42F-1HB141 02/24/2023Enrolled SLUEnrolled, (L)tgwAn 2023-175Act, 23 4Relating SYNOPSIS:to disability insurance policies;

Under existing law, disability insurance benefits do not provide paid family leave to employees for certain circumstances related to serious health conditions, care for a newborn, newly adopted or newly placed foster care child, immediate family members on active duty military service, or care for another family member.

This bill would authorize insurers providing employee disability policies to expand disability insurance benefits to include family leave under specific circumstances for which paid leave is not currently available, subject to certain limitations and exclusions.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to disability insurance policies;

Page 1 HB141 INTRODUCED Section 1.

Page 1 HB141 Enrolled (2) FAMILY LEAVE.

An individual licensed under Page 2 HB141 INTRODUCED Title 34 to provide health care services.

(2) Bond with the employee's child during the first Page 2 HB141 Enrolled twelve months after the child's birth, or the first 12 months after the placement of the child for adoption or foster care with the employee.

§ 825.126(a)(1)-(8), arising out of the fact Page 3 HB141 INTRODUCED that the spouse, child, or parent of the employee is on active duty, or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty, in the Armed Forces of the United States.

§27-19-154 The insurance policy shall set forth the details and 95 requirements with regard to each of the covered family leave reasons.

Page 3 HB141 Enrolled (3) The period measured forward from the employee's first day of family leave.

Page 4 HB141 INTRODUCED §27-19-156 The insurance policy shall set forth whether there is an unpaid waiting period and, if so, the terms and conditions of the unpaid waiting period, which may include, but are not 95 limited to, all of the following:

(2) The definition of the wages or other income upon Page 4 HB141 Enrolled which the amount of family leave benefits will be based.

Page 5 HB141 INTRODUCED (1) All the wages or other income that may be offset.

(5) Any period of family leave in which the employee is Page 5 HB141 Enrolled eligible to receive benefits under any other statutory program or employer-sponsored program, including, but not limited to, unemployment insurance benefits, worker's compensation benefits, statutory disability benefits, statutory paid leave benefits, or any paid time off or employer's paid leave policy.

Page 6 HB141 INTRODUCED (6) Any period of family leave commencing before the employee becomes eligible for family leave benefits under the policy.

Page 76 HB141 Enrolled ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate House of Representatives I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and was passed by the House 11-Apr-23.

John Treadwell Clerk Senate 27-Apr-23 Passed Page 7