1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; requiring outreach to Minnesota workers on the availability 
1.3 	of short-term disability insurance.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. OUTREACH ON SHORT-TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE 
1.6 	AVAILABILITY.
 1.7 	(a) The commissioner of employment and economic development shall conduct outreach 
1.8 	to Minnesota workers to communicate the availability of purchasing short-term disability 
1.9 	insurance in the private insurance market as a means to be paid a portion of a salary if a 
1.10 	worker cannot work because of a disabling illness, injury, or pregnancy.
1.11 	(b) In conducting the outreach, the commissioner must:
1.12 	(1) develop materials communicating that short-term disability insurance:
1.13 	(i) pays a portion of a salary if a worker cannot work because of the worker's disabling 
1.14 	illness, injury, or pregnancy; and
1.15 	(ii) is not a government benefit, and is not connected to any public benefit program, but 
1.16 	is private insurance coverage that a worker purchases through a private insurance company;
1.17 	(2) develop and make available publicly on the department's website:
1.18 	(i) a list of short-term disability insurance providers offering policies to Minnesota 
1.19 	workers in the private market; and
1.20 	(ii) a list of agents licensed to sell short-term disability insurance in Minnesota; and
2.1 	(3) provide a telephone number and contact for assistance about other sources of 
2.2 	information on short-term disability insurance.