H.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 70A.31 Paid parental leave. 1 1. A state employee entitled to leave under the federal 2 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 shall be provided paid 3 leave for such time as specified in this section for the birth 4 or placement for adoption with the employee of a child if the 5 leave is taken within twelve months following any such birth 6 or adoption. 7 2. a. For the birth of a child, a state employee parent who 8 gave birth shall be entitled to up to four weeks of paid leave 9 and a state employee parent who did not give birth shall be 10 entitled to up to one week of paid leave. 11 b. For the placement for adoption of a child, a state 12 employee parent shall be entitled to up to four weeks of paid 13 leave. 14 3. The department of administrative services shall adopt 15 rules to implement this section. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill provides that a state employee entitled to leave 20 under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 shall 21 be provided paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child if 22 the leave is taken within 12 months following any such birth or 23 adoption. The bill provides that a state employee parent who 24 gives birth or adopts a child shall be entitled to up to four 25 weeks of paid leave while a state employee parent of a child 26 who did not give birth shall be entitled to up to one week of 27 paid leave. The bill requires the department of administrative 28 services to adopt rules to implement this paid parental leave 29 benefit. 30 -1- LSB 2194YC (2) 90 ec/rn 1/ 1