SF3885 Summary

• Authorizes insurance companies licensed to issue disability income insurance in Minnesota to offer paid family leave insurance benefits providing wage replacement for employees.

• Covers leave for birth or adoption of a child, foster care placement, care of family members with serious health conditions, and military-related family emergencies.

• Requires insurance policies to set family leave benefits at 52 consecutive calendar weeks with flexible calculation methods and allows unpaid waiting periods as determined by the insurer.

• Prohibits the state of Minnesota from acting as an insurer or facilitating coverage; allows employers and employer associations to jointly issue benefits under existing provisions.

• Takes effect January 1, 2023.