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Highlights
Impacted Employers:Rhode Island Employers whose employees meet certain medical requirements and earnings requirements determined by the state.
Effective Date:Jan. 1, 2026
Summary:Rhode Island Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) leave is expanded to cover a sibling with a serious health condition. See the text below for further details.
Next Steps:Review and update TCI policies by Jan. 1, 2026.
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The Details
Rhode Island has enacted legislation (House Bill 6066), which expands the definition of a covered family member under the TCI leave law to include siblings (children with a common parent, including biological, half, step, foster and adopted siblings). House Bill 6066 is effective Jan. 1, 2026.
Note: House Bill 6066 also increases the taxable wage base for Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) from $38,000 to an amount (to be determined by the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training) to match the annual earnings required to qualify for the maximum weekly benefit and duration under the program.
Background
Rhode Island provides wage replacement benefits through temporary caregiver insurance to covered employees who take time off work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent or to bond with a new child.
Next Steps
Review the changes under the law and update TCI policies to include siblings as eligible family members by Jan. 1, 2026.