Alaska2026Passed Legislature

SB10

Alaska Paid Family Leave Plan

Last scannedSep 21, 2026, 12:32 AM

In one sentence

This bill creates a new insurance plan to pay workers who take time off for family reasons, covering state employees and allowing others to join.

Requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Department of Administration to buy an insurance plan that pays up to $3,000 per week for qualified leave.
Sets rules so workers must be employed at least six months working 35 hours a week or one year working 17.5 hours a week before they can get paid family leave benefits.
Allows private companies and local governments to choose whether to join the state's insurance plan.
Requires large employers with 50 or more employees to keep health insurance active for staff on leave and bring them back to their jobs afterward, unless business circumstances make it impossible.
Creates a special account called a purchasing pool so workers at smaller businesses can buy coverage directly.

State government employees who get free coverage under the plan.
Employees of private companies or local governments that choose to join the state insurance program.
Workers whose employers do not offer a similar benefit and want to use the purchasing pool.

Workers using the purchasing pool face a seven-month waiting period and a weekly premium limit of $5.
The exact cost for employers to join the plan depends on future contracts with insurance companies, though rates cannot exceed what the state pays.

Plain language

Wage replacement: Money paid by an insurer to replace part or all of a worker's salary while they are on leave, up to $3,000 per week.
Purchasing pool: A special account that lets workers buy insurance coverage if their employer does not offer it.
Elimination period: The amount of time a worker must wait after starting leave before they receive payment, set at one week in this bill for the purchasing pool.

Official record

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PAID FAMILY LEAVE/WAGE REPLACEMENT INSUR. An Act relating to family leave wage replacement coverage.

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