HB 466 Summary

• Establishes paid family leave benefits of up to eight weeks per benefit year for employees to care for a newborn child (within first year) or a family member with a serious health condition, integrated into Hawaii's existing temporary disability insurance system.

• Creates a family leave data collection system in partnership with University of Hawaii Center on Aging to track usage patterns, employee awareness, and adequacy of benefits for policy development and caregiver services planning.

• Maintains temporary disability benefits at up to 26 weeks per benefit year for employees with non-work-related illnesses, accidents, pregnancy, or organ donation, with a seven-day waiting period before benefits begin.

• Expands the definition of "family member" to include spouses, reciprocal beneficiaries, children, parents, siblings, grandparents, and grandchildren; requires medical certification for serious health conditions.

• Repeals Chapter 398 (Hawaii Revised Statutes) and consolidates family leave and temporary disability benefits under Chapter 392, funded through existing employer-based private insurance contributions capped at 0.5% of weekly wages.