Section 3302 Of Chapter 7. Paid Family Leave From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 7.
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. On and after July 1, 2014, for purposes of this part:
(a) "Care recipient" means the family member who is receiving care
for a serious health condition or the new child with whom the care
provider is bonding.
(b) "Care provider" means the family member who is providing the
required care for a serious health condition or the family member who
is bonding with the new child.
(c) "Child" means a biological, adopted, or foster son or
daughter, a stepson or stepdaughter, a legal ward, a son or daughter
of a domestic partner, or the person to whom the employee stands in
loco parentis.
(d) "Domestic partner" has the same meaning as defined in Section
297 of the Family Code.
(e) "Family care leave" means any of the following:
(1) Leave to bond with a minor child within the first year of the
child's birth or placement in connection with foster care or
adoption.
(2) Leave to care for a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild,
sibling, spouse, or domestic partner who has a serious health
condition.
(f) "Family member" means child, parent, grandparent, grandchild,
sibling, spouse, or domestic partner as defined in this section.
(g) "Grandchild" means a child of the employee's child.
(h) "Grandparent" means a parent of the employee's parent.
(i) "Parent" means a biological, foster, or adoptive parent, a
parent-in-law, a stepparent, a legal guardian, or other person who
stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a child.
(j) "Parent-in-law" means the parent of a spouse or a domestic
partner.
(k) "Serious health condition" means an illness, injury,
impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves inpatient
care in a hospital, hospice, or residential health care facility, or
continuing treatment or continuing supervision by a health care
provider, as defined in Section 12945.2 of the Government Code.
(l) "Sibling" means a person related to another person by blood,
adoption, or affinity through a common legal or biological parent.
(m) "Spouse" means a partner to a lawful marriage.
(n) "Valid claim" means any claim for family temporary disability
insurance benefits made in accordance with the provisions of this
code, and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder, if the
individual claiming benefits is unemployed and has been paid the
necessary wages in employment for employers to qualify for benefits
under Section 2652 and is caring for a seriously ill family member,
or bonding with a minor child during the first year after the birth
or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption.
(o) "Twelve-month period," with respect to any individual, means
the 365 consecutive days that begin with the first day the individual
first establishes a valid claim for family temporary disability
benefits.