On January 1, 2026, parents of newborns receiving inpatient care in a neonatal intensive care unit ("NICU") will be eligible for up to 12 weeks of leave while their newborns...
On January 1, 2026, parents of newborns receiving inpatient care in a neonatal intensive care unit (“NICU”) will be eligible for up to 12 weeks of leave while their newborns are in NICU. This leave is in addition to the 12 weeks of parental bonding leave already available under Colorado's FAMLI Act. Colorado is the first state to offer special Neonatal Care Leave.
The FAMLI Division is currently engaging in the rulemaking process and has posted proposed amendments on its website, so the specifics of Neonatal Care Leave are still coming into focus.
Neonatal Care Leave will be available to the parents of infants born before January 1, 2026 who are still receiving inpatient treatment in the NICU as of the new year. The leave benefit is only available, however, for qualifying absences from work on or after January 1, 2026.
With this new leave, employees with newborns who need NICU care may be eligible for up to cumulative total of twenty-four weeks (and in the case of pregnancy or childbirth complications, up to 28 weeks) of paid leave under the FAMLI program. When considering situations involving other types of leave provided by law, such as leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) an employee could be eligible for up to 36 weeks of leave (or 40 weeks, in the event of pregnancy or...
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