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House File 2096 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1providing for paid family leave for state employees.
2BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 8A.413, subsection 21, paragraph b, Code
22020, is amended to read as follows:
3b. Annual sick leave, family leave, and vacation time shall
4be granted in accordance with section 70A.1.
5 Sec. 2. Section 70A.1, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
6following new subsection:
7 NEW SUBSECTION. 10. a. For purposes of this subsection:
8(1) “Child” means a biological, adopted, or foster child,
9or a stepchild.
10(2) “Serious health condition” means the same as defined in
1129 U.S.C. §2611.
12b. A permanent, full-time state employee, after completing
13six months of employment with the employee’s state employer,
14shall be eligible for twenty weeks of paid family leave per
15calendar year. Permanent, part-time state employees shall be
16eligible for paid sick leave on a prorated basis.
17c. Family leave shall not accrue and shall expire upon the
18conclusion of a calendar year or the employee’s separation from
19state employment. However, if an employee is laid off and
20the employee is reemployed by any state employer within one
21calendar year of the date of the layoff, the six-month period
22provided in paragraph “b” shall not apply.
23d. An employee is eligible to take family leave under this
24subsection for the following reasons:
25(1) The birth of a child of the employee.
26(2) The placement of a child with the employee for adoption
27or foster care.
28(3) The provision of care for the spouse, child, parent,
29grandparent, or sibling of the employee for a serious health
30condition.
31e. A state employer may require documentation of the reason
32for the employee’s family leave and the probable duration of
33the leave.
34f. If this subsection conflicts with the provisions of a
35collective bargaining agreement, the collective bargaining
-1-1agreement shall prevail.
2g. The department of administrative services shall adopt
3rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this subsection.
4 Sec. 3. Section 218.17, Code 2020, is amended to read as
5follows:
6218.17 Authorized leave.
7Vacations, and sick leave with pay, and family leave with
8pay as authorized in section 70A.1 shall only be taken at such
9times as the superintendent or the business manager in charge
10of an officer or employee, as the case may be, may direct,
11and only after written authorization by the superintendent or
12business manager, and for the number of days specified in the
13authorization. A copy of the authorization shall be attached
14to the institution’s copy of the payroll of the institution,
15for audit purposes, for the period during which the vacation
16was taken, and the semimonthly payroll shall show the number of
17days the person was absent under the authorization.
18EXPLANATION
19The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
20the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
21This bill provides that a permanent, full-time state
22employee, after completing six months of employment with the
23employee’s state employer, shall be eligible for 20 weeks of
24paid family leave per calendar year. Permanent, part-time
25state employees shall be eligible for paid sick leave on a
26prorated basis.
27Family leave shall not accrue and shall expire upon the
28conclusion of a calendar year or the employee’s separation
29from state employment. The bill includes provisions governing
30reemployment by the state.
31An employee is eligible to take family leave for the birth
32of a child of the employee; the placement of a child with the
33employee for adoption or foster care; or the provision of care
34for the spouse, child, parent, grandparent, or sibling of the
35employee for a serious health condition. The bill permits a
-2-1state employer to require documentation of the reason for the
2employee’s family leave and the probable duration of the leave.
3If the bill conflicts with the provisions of a collective
4bargaining agreement, the collective bargaining agreement shall
5prevail.
6The department of administrative services shall adopt rules
7pursuant to administer the bill.
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2BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 8A.413, subsection 21, paragraph b, Code
22020, is amended to read as follows:
3b. Annual sick leave, family leave, and vacation time shall
4be granted in accordance with section 70A.1.
5 Sec. 2. Section 70A.1, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
6following new subsection:
7 NEW SUBSECTION. 10. a. For purposes of this subsection:
8(1) “Child” means a biological, adopted, or foster child,
9or a stepchild.
10(2) “Serious health condition” means the same as defined in
1129 U.S.C. §2611.
12b. A permanent, full-time state employee, after completing
13six months of employment with the employee’s state employer,
14shall be eligible for twenty weeks of paid family leave per
15calendar year. Permanent, part-time state employees shall be
16eligible for paid sick leave on a prorated basis.
17c. Family leave shall not accrue and shall expire upon the
18conclusion of a calendar year or the employee’s separation from
19state employment. However, if an employee is laid off and
20the employee is reemployed by any state employer within one
21calendar year of the date of the layoff, the six-month period
22provided in paragraph “b” shall not apply.
23d. An employee is eligible to take family leave under this
24subsection for the following reasons:
25(1) The birth of a child of the employee.
26(2) The placement of a child with the employee for adoption
27or foster care.
28(3) The provision of care for the spouse, child, parent,
29grandparent, or sibling of the employee for a serious health
30condition.
31e. A state employer may require documentation of the reason
32for the employee’s family leave and the probable duration of
33the leave.
34f. If this subsection conflicts with the provisions of a
35collective bargaining agreement, the collective bargaining
-1-1agreement shall prevail.
2g. The department of administrative services shall adopt
3rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this subsection.
4 Sec. 3. Section 218.17, Code 2020, is amended to read as
5follows:
6218.17 Authorized leave.
7Vacations, and sick leave with pay, and family leave with
8pay as authorized in section 70A.1 shall only be taken at such
9times as the superintendent or the business manager in charge
10of an officer or employee, as the case may be, may direct,
11and only after written authorization by the superintendent or
12business manager, and for the number of days specified in the
13authorization. A copy of the authorization shall be attached
14to the institution’s copy of the payroll of the institution,
15for audit purposes, for the period during which the vacation
16was taken, and the semimonthly payroll shall show the number of
17days the person was absent under the authorization.
18EXPLANATION
19The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
20the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
21This bill provides that a permanent, full-time state
22employee, after completing six months of employment with the
23employee’s state employer, shall be eligible for 20 weeks of
24paid family leave per calendar year. Permanent, part-time
25state employees shall be eligible for paid sick leave on a
26prorated basis.
27Family leave shall not accrue and shall expire upon the
28conclusion of a calendar year or the employee’s separation
29from state employment. The bill includes provisions governing
30reemployment by the state.
31An employee is eligible to take family leave for the birth
32of a child of the employee; the placement of a child with the
33employee for adoption or foster care; or the provision of care
34for the spouse, child, parent, grandparent, or sibling of the
35employee for a serious health condition. The bill permits a
-2-1state employer to require documentation of the reason for the
2employee’s family leave and the probable duration of the leave.
3If the bill conflicts with the provisions of a collective
4bargaining agreement, the collective bargaining agreement shall
5prevail.
6The department of administrative services shall adopt rules
7pursuant to administer the bill.
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