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HB 1529 Parental and supplemental family leave benefits; DHRM to implement and administer program.

Introduced by: Mark D. Sickles | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Parental and supplemental family leave benefits. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management (the Department) to implement and administer a parental leave benefits program (the parental leave program) for state employees. The parental leave program shall provide 12 weeks of paid leave for an employee who becomes the parent of a child either by adoption or by birth of a child. The bill requires employees to take parental leave within one year of a child's birth or adoption and provides that if two employees are eligible for benefits for the same child, only one shall claim benefits. The bill provides that if an employee is eligible for both parental leave and maternity leave for the same child, parental leave covers the first 12 weeks of leave; thereafter, if the employee provides notification to her employer from her physician that she is unable to return to work, she may receive short-term disability benefits.

The bill also requires the Department to implement and administer a supplemental family leave benefits program (the supplemental family leave program). The supplemental family leave program shall provide 30 days of paid leave for a state employee who takes leave in order to care for a family member who has a serious health condition or because of a serious health condition that makes the state employee unable to perform his job functions. The bill directs that an employee seeking supplemental family leave must provide medical verification upon his employer's request and that the employee may be required to obtain additional medical verifications if his employer disagrees with the first medical verification.

To be eligible for either program, an employee must be a full-time employee with at least one year of continuous state employment.


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