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State paid family and medical leave: administration, enrollment and budget implications discussed
Summary
Officials described the voluntary employer market the state-created program is built to support, the MetLife contract that runs through 2027, current enrollment levels for the individual plan and state-employee coverage, and the limited savings from eliminating the marketing and outreach lines.
Agency staff and the Department of Administrative Services outlined how New Hampshire's voluntary paid family and medical leave (PFML) program is administered and how removing the state-employee benefit would affect the private market and the state's contract with MetLife.
Cassie (senior staff in DAS) and other department officials said the PFML program was established by statute to create a private market for paid leave by offering state employees coverage and thereby attracting a carrier that would offer voluntary plans to employers and individuals. "The structure of the program is...…
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