Virginia House Bill 2126 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program. Entitles individuals to a family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) benefit payment for each month they are engaged in qualified caregiving, not to exceed 60 qualified caregiving days per year. Qualified caregiving means an activity, except regular employment, for a reason an individual is entitled to leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Benefits would amount to 66 percent of an individual's monthly wages, based on highest annual earnings from the prior three years, up to a capped monthly amount, and would be indexed to the national average wage index. If a person takes the maximum number of days, the benefits would range from a minimum benefit of $580 to a maximum benefit of $4,000 per month in the program's first year. To be eligible for benefits, an individual is required to (i) be insured for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act at the time his application is filed; (ii) have earned income from employment during the 12 months before filing the application; (iii) have filed an application for an FMLI benefit; and (iv) have been engaged in qualified caregiving, or anticipate being so engaged, during the 90-day period before the application is filed or within 30 days thereafter. The measure establishes the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Fund and requires FMLI benefit payments to be made only from this Fund. A tax of 0.2 percent is imposed on the wages received by every individual, and an excise tax of 0.2 percent of the wages paid in any calendar year by the employer with respect to their employment is imposed on employers. The measure has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2018.

Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; established.

Del. Mark Levine [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-08	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2017-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
2017-01-19	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #2
2017-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102389D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
60	2	800	(n/a)	See Bill Text
60	2	813	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2126
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2126+hil