S.B. 2104 Summary

• Establishes a family leave insurance program with a trust fund financed through employee wage contributions at the same rate as temporary disability insurance contributions.

• Provides paid family leave benefits starting January 1, 2019: 8 weeks in 2019, 10 weeks in 2020, and 12 weeks in 2021 per calendar year for employees to care for newborns, adopted/foster children, family members with serious health conditions, or qualifying service members.

• Reduces employer threshold from 100+ employees to 50+ employees for family leave law applicability and expands definition of "family member" to include grandchildren, reciprocal beneficiaries, designated persons, and persons standing in loco parentis.

• Weekly benefit amount calculated as a percentage of employee's average weekly wage or state average weekly wage (whichever is less), capped at the maximum temporary disability insurance benefit amount.

• Appropriates $300,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019 to hire administrative staff; requires implementation reports and an actuarial study by 2020; takes effect July 1, 2018 with insurance provisions effective January 1, 2019.