Bill Text: IA SF63 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Bill 63 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring a state family and medical leave program study and making an appropriation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Subcommittee: Feenstra, Brown, and Petersen. S.J. 107. [SF63 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF63-Introduced.html

Senate File 63 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  PETERSEN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring a state family and medical leave program study
  2    and making an appropriation.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  STATE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM
  1  2 STUDY.  The commissioner of insurance shall conduct a
  1  3 study during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, of the
  1  4 feasibility and economic impact of implementing a family and
  1  5 medical leave program in the state.  The study shall examine
  1  6 the financial impact of requiring paid leaves of absence under
  1  7 a family and medical leave program beginning with a minimum
  1  8 leave of six weeks and phasing in a maximum leave of twelve
  1  9 weeks by January 1, 2025.  A report of the results of the study,
  1 10 including findings and recommendations, shall be submitted to
  1 11 the general assembly by December 15, 2018.  The report shall
  1 12 include recommendations for benefit and eligibility standards
  1 13 for a state family and medical leave program, and options for
  1 14 financing the cost of leaves of absence under the program.
  1 15    There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
  1 16 the commissioner of insurance for the fiscal year beginning
  1 17 July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, the following amount
  1 18 or so much thereof as is necessary to be used for the purpose
  1 19 of conducting the state family and medical leave program study
  1 20 and preparing a report:
  1 21 .................................................. $    120,000
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 24 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 25    This bill requires the commissioner of insurance to conduct
  1 26 a study during FY 2017=2018 of the feasibility and economic
  1 27 impact of implementing a family and medical leave program in
  1 28 the state that requires paid leaves of absence for employees.
  1 29 A report of the results of the study, including findings and
  1 30 recommendations, must be submitted to the general assembly by
  1 31 December 15, 2018.  The report shall include recommendations
  1 32 for benefit and eligibility standards for a state family and
  1 33 medical leave program, and options for financing the cost of
  1 34 leaves of absence under the program.
  1 35    The bill appropriates $120,000 from the general fund of the
  2  1 state to the commissioner of insurance to conduct the study and
  2  2 prepare the report.
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