HI SCR86

Establishes a paid family leave task force to examine benefits and costs of implementing a paid family leave program in Hawaii, with findings due 20 days before the 2017 legislative session.

Task force directed to examine existing paid family and medical leave programs in private sector and other states, including those using temporary disability insurance and alternative models.

Task force must analyze implementation costs for Hawaii program including administrative startup, technology, and staffing expenses, and develop actuarial analysis of program benefits.

Task force composition includes Senate and House committee chairs (as co-chairs), Director of Labor and Industrial Relations, Executive Director of Executive Office on Aging, and Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women director.

Task force to include invited representatives from labor unions, businesses of varying sizes, maternal health and caregiver advocacy organizations, and insurance companies offering temporary disability coverage; task force expires December 31, 2017.