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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 195 FILED ON: 1/10/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1859
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Josh S. Cutler
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to improving PFML data reporting.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Josh S. Cutler6th Plymouth1/10/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/25/2023Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire2/22/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/27/2023Shirley B. Arriaga8th Hampden2/28/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 195 FILED ON: 1/10/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1859
By Representative Cutler of Pembroke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1859) of
Josh S. Cutler and others relative to data reporting by the Department of Family and Medical
Leave. Labor and Workforce Development.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to improving PFML data reporting.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 175M of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 26, the words “1099-MISC”
3and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 1099-NEC, or successor form,
4 SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 175M, as so appearing, is hereby further
5amended by striking out, in line 30, the words “1099-MISC” and inserting in place thereof the
6following words:- 1099-NEC, or successor form
7 SECTION 3. Subsection (e) of section 7 of said chapter 175M, as so appearing, is hereby
8amended by inserting after the word “occupation”, in line 93, the following words:- , race and
9ethnicity, primary language
10 SECTION X. Said subsection (e) of said section 7 of said chapter 175M, as so appearing,
11is hereby further amended by inserting after the last sentence at the end of the second paragraph
12the following sentence:- 2 of 2
13 . The report shall also include details on the annual public education campaign conducted
14pursuant to subsection (f) of section 8 of this chapter, including, but not limited to, employer
15outreach efforts and materials, multilingual outreach materials and evidence of multimedia
16distribution.
17 SECTION 5. Said subsection (e) of said section 7 of said chapter 175M, as so appearing,
18is hereby further amended by inserting after the end of the second paragraph the following
19paragraph:-
20 The department shall establish a publicly accessible online dashboard using updated
21reporting information on the program. The information in the dashboard shall include: (i) total
22number of claims filed; (ii) total number of eligible claims; (iii) total number of claims denied;
23(iv) claimant demographics by age, gender, average weekly wage, occupation and the type of
24leave taken; and (v) average weekly benefit amount paid for all claims and by category of leave.
25The dashboard shall be updated no less than quarterly.
26 SECTION 6. Subsection (f) of section 8 of said chapter 175M, as so appearing, is hereby
27amended by striking out, in line 60, the word “a” and inserting in place thereof the following
28words:- an annual