If the Internal Revenue Service determines that family and medical leave benefits under this chapter are subject to federal income tax, the Commission shall advise any covered individual filing a new claim for family and medical leave benefits, at the time of filing such claim, that:

1. 1. The Internal Revenue Service has determined that benefits are subject to federal income tax;
2. 2. Requirements exist pertaining to estimated tax payments;
3. 3. The individual may elect to have federal income tax deducted and withheld from the individual's payment of benefits in the amount specified in the federal Internal Revenue Code; and
4. 4. The individual is permitted to change a previously elected withholding status.

2026, cc. 981, 1093.