Senate
File
63
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
63
BY
PETERSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
a
state
family
and
medical
leave
program
study
1
and
making
an
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
STATE
FAMILY
AND
MEDICAL
LEAVE
PROGRAM
1
STUDY.
The
commissioner
of
insurance
shall
conduct
a
2
study
during
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2017,
of
the
3
feasibility
and
economic
impact
of
implementing
a
family
and
4
medical
leave
program
in
the
state.
The
study
shall
examine
5
the
financial
impact
of
requiring
paid
leaves
of
absence
under
6
a
family
and
medical
leave
program
beginning
with
a
minimum
7
leave
of
six
weeks
and
phasing
in
a
maximum
leave
of
twelve
8
weeks
by
January
1,
2025.
A
report
of
the
results
of
the
study,
9
including
findings
and
recommendations,
shall
be
submitted
to
10
the
general
assembly
by
December
15,
2018.
The
report
shall
11
include
recommendations
for
benefit
and
eligibility
standards
12
for
a
state
family
and
medical
leave
program,
and
options
for
13
financing
the
cost
of
leaves
of
absence
under
the
program.
14
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
15
the
commissioner
of
insurance
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
16
July
1,
2017,
and
ending
June
30,
2018,
the
following
amount
17
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary
to
be
used
for
the
purpose
18
of
conducting
the
state
family
and
medical
leave
program
study
19
and
preparing
a
report:
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$
120,000
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EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
requires
the
commissioner
of
insurance
to
conduct
25
a
study
during
FY
2017-2018
of
the
feasibility
and
economic
26
impact
of
implementing
a
family
and
medical
leave
program
in
27
the
state
that
requires
paid
leaves
of
absence
for
employees.
28
A
report
of
the
results
of
the
study,
including
findings
and
29
recommendations,
must
be
submitted
to
the
general
assembly
by
30
December
15,
2018.
The
report
shall
include
recommendations
31
for
benefit
and
eligibility
standards
for
a
state
family
and
32
medical
leave
program,
and
options
for
financing
the
cost
of
33
leaves
of
absence
under
the
program.
34
The
bill
appropriates
$120,000
from
the
general
fund
of
the
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state
to
the
commissioner
of
insurance
to
conduct
the
study
and
1
prepare
the
report.
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