LCO No. 366 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 223 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 366 Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by: SEN. BERTHEL, 32nd Dist. AN ACT SUSPENDING EMPLOYEE PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE CONTRIBUTIONS DURING A COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH OR CIVIL PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to suspend the collection of the 1 one-half of one per cent employee payroll contribution to the 2 Connecticut Paid Leave Authority trust fund during a declaration of a 3 public health or civil preparedness emergency related to COVID-19 by 4 the Governor. 5 Statement of Purpose: To suspend the employee payroll contribution to the Connecticut Paid Leave Authority during a COVID-19 emergency.