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HI SB1007

HI SB1007
Relating To Employee Benefits.


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Introduced
01/20/2023
In Committee
01/27/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
05/03/2024

Introduced Session

2023 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Expands the State's temporary disability insurance (TDI) coverage to, and exempt from TDI benefit eligibility requirements that are employment-related, employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the employee's childbirth or provision of kangaroo care to, or expression of breast milk for, the employee's child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Extend under certain conditions, the temporary disability benefit payment period and family leave period for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to a preterm birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit or birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit for more than eight weeks. Defines "kangaroo care" and "preterm birth". Requires the Department of Health to amend its rules to include neonatal care as related condition where the phrase "pregnancy, childbirth, or other related condition" is used.

AI Summary

This bill expands Hawaii's temporary disability insurance (TDI) coverage to include employees who are unable to perform their duties due to childbirth, providing "kangaroo care" (continuous skin-to-skin contact), or expressing breast milk for their child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It also extends the temporary disability benefit payment period and family leave period for employees with a preterm birth or a child who stays in the NICU for more than eight weeks, as long as the employee is providing kangaroo care or expressing breast milk during that time. The bill also requires the Department of Health to amend its rules to include neonatal care as a "related medical condition" wherever the phrase "pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition" is used.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. (on 12/11/2023)

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