(a) On and after July 1, 2014, only if the director makes both of the findings described in subdivision (b), an individual shall be deemed eligible for family temporary disability insurance benefits equal to one-seventh of his or her weekly benefit amount on any day in which he or she is unable to perform his or her regular or customary work because of any of the following:

(1) The individual is bonding with a minor child during the first year after the birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption.

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(2) The individual is caring for a seriously ill child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner.

(3) The individual is participating in a qualifying exigency related to the covered active duty or call to covered active duty of the individual’s spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent in the Armed Forces of the United States.

(b) An individual shall be deemed eligible for family temporary disability insurance benefits described in subdivision (a) only if the directors finds both of the following:

(1) The individual has made a claim for temporary disability benefits as required by authorized regulations.

(2) The individual has filed a certificate, as required by Sections 2708 and 2709, or for purposes of participating in a qualifying exigency related to the covered active duty or call to covered active duty of the individual’s spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent in the Armed Forces of the United States, has provided the information requested pursuant to Section 3307.

(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2021.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 849, Sec. 7. (SB 1123) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative January 1, 2021, by its own provisions.)