Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that expands eligibility for benefits under the California's paid family leave program to include individuals who take time off work to care for seriously ill designated persons.

Highlights:

• Expands eligibility for benefits under the paid family leave program to include people who take time off from work to care for a seriously ill designated person (Sec. 6). 

• Defines “designated person” as any care recipient who is related by blood or whose association with the individual is equivalent to a family relationship (Sec. 4). 

• Requires an individual who is, for the first time, requesting temporary disability insurance benefits to care for a designated person to (Sec. 6): 

• Identify the designated person; and

• How the individual is related by blood to the designated person, or how the individual’s association with the designated person is equivalent to a family relationship. 

• Specifies that this provision shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2028 (Sec. 6). 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that expands eligibility for benefits under the California's paid family leave program to include individuals who take time off work to care for seriously ill designated persons.

Highlights:

• Expands eligibility for benefits under the paid family leave program to include people who take time off from work to care for a seriously ill designated person (Sec. 6). 

• Defines “designated person” as any care recipient who is related by blood or whose association with the individual is equivalent to a family relationship (Sec. 4). 

• Requires an individual who is, for the first time, requesting temporary disability insurance benefits to care for a designated person to (Sec. 6): 

• Identify the designated person; and

• How the individual is related by blood to the designated person, or how the individual’s association with the designated person is equivalent to a family relationship. 

• Specifies that this provision shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2028 (Sec. 6). 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that expands eligibility for benefits under the California's paid family leave program to include individuals who take time off work to care for seriously ill designated persons.

Highlights:

• Expands eligibility for benefits under the paid family leave program to include people who take time off from work to care for a seriously ill designated person (Sec. 6). 

• Defines “designated person” as any care recipient who is related by blood or whose association with the individual is equivalent to a family relationship (Sec. 4). 

• Requires an individual who is, for the first time, requesting temporary disability insurance benefits to care for a designated person to (Sec. 6): 

• Identify the designated person; and

• How the individual is related by blood to the designated person, or how the individual’s association with the designated person is equivalent to a family relationship. 

• Specifies that this provision shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2028 (Sec. 6). 

Full Bill Text