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SPONSOR: |
Stewart |
DATE TYPED: |
02/06/02 |
HB |
HJM 51 |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Paid Family and Medical Leave Study |
SB |
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ANALYST: |
Kehoe |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY02 |
FY03 |
FY02 |
FY03 |
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$0.1 - Significant - See
Narrative |
Non-Recurring |
General Fund |
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(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates
SJM 52
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Joint Memorial 51 requests the Commission on the Status of Women to lead a study on the costs and benefits of paid family and medical leave and to report its finding to the Legislative Health and Human Services Interim Committee in October 2002.
Significant
Issues
Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act
(FMLA) in 1993 to provide a national policy supporting families in their need
to balance the demands of home and the workplace. The law requires employers with 50 employees or more to provide
up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave a year to eligible employees to
care for a newborn, newly-adopted or foster child, a child, spouse or parent
with a serious health condition, or for the serious health condition of the
employee, including maternity-related disability. Employees are eligible to take leave if they have worked for a
covered employer for at least one year, and for 1,250 hours over the previous
12 months, and if there are at least 50 employees working for their employer
within a 75-mile radius of their worksite.
House Joint Memorial 51 requests the Commission
on the Status of Women to lead a study on the cost and benefits of “paid”
family and medical leave.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
House Joint Memorial 51 does not contain an appropriation. However, directing CSW to conduct a study on the costs and benefits of paid family and medical leave will have a tremendous impact on the agency--both fiscally and administratively. The agency is comprised of only 7 FTE and would have to contract for professional services to conduct and prepare a final report of the study. The FY03 proposed budget includes $9.0 in the contractual services category. CSW’s estimated costs for the study, excluding personnel, would be approximately $10.0 in fiscal years 02-03—a significant impact on a small agency.
DUPLICATION
House Joint Memorial 51 duplicates Senate
Joint Memorial 52 in its entirety.
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