Process for obtaining SDI
Kaiser Permanente members entering treatment may have to take medical leave from work depending upon their treatment plan. By law, employers are not entitled to specific information about why an employee requests Medical Leave. Trying to sort through this process can be stressful. Once you are engaged in treatment, our service will assist you in walking through this process.
If needed/appropriate, patients may obtain a Work Activity Status Form (WASF) to provide to EDD for State Disability (SDI).
The first step is to go to http://www.edd.ca.gov/ under the category of File & Manage claims, click on Disability Insurance
Under: File a Claim, click on: How to File a Claim
Follow the instructions on this page and make sure that when you have completed the claim and have submitted it, you write down the receipt number.
Ask your intake counselor to draft you a WASF letter.
Once you have attended the Day Treatment orientation group and have started treatment or have been admitted to a residential facility, you will be provided with the WASF letter. If your Human Resources department is requesting the WASF letter prior to your starting treatment, please let us know.
Once you’ve received the WASF letter, contact the ROMI service (Release of Medical Information) and provide them with the WASF and R number. They will connect your receipt number to the WASF and submit this to EDD. FMLA paperwork comes from your employer’s HR department and is also satisfied by the WASF documentation.
Below is a link and contact info for the Medial Secretary. If you have additional questions just call the number below.
ROMI (Release of Medical Information)
Phone number: 916-746-3646
Email: NVLYROI@kp.org
http://kp.org/requestrecords
WASF: Work Activity Status Form is a document that verifies that a patient has been seeking or participating in treatment.
FMLA: Family and Medical Leave Act: is a federal law requiring covered employers to provide employees job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons.
EDD claims: California State Disability Insurance (SDI) is a partial, short term, wage-replacement insurance plan for California workers. The SDI program is a state-mandated and funded through employee payroll deductions. Workers covered by SDI have two benefits available to them: Disability Insurance and Paid Family Leave.