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53	53		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55		1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57		SENATE BILL 426 By: Dossett (J.J.)
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63	63		AS INTRODUCED
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65	65		An Act relating to labor; creating the Paid Family
66	66		Leave Act; providing short title; declaring
67	67		legislative findings; author izing Department of Labor
68	68		to establish a family temporary disability insurance
69	69		program; providing for eligibility of certain
70	70		benefits; providing for maximum amount of ben efits;
71	71		providing for time frame of benefi ts; providing for
72	72		filing of claim for benefits; def ining terms;
73	73		providing for benefit period; providing for
74	74		determination of eligibility; providing for
75	75		penalties; authorizing Department to request certain
76	76		medical information; authorizing initial payment of
77	77		benefits; authorizing Department to promulgate rul es;
78	78		requiring certain information be made accessible;
79	79		providing for certificate of eligibility; providing
80	80		for confidentiality of records; providing for payment
81	81		and rate of contributions by workers; creatin g a
82	82		Disability Trust Fund for the Department; provi ding
83	83		for codification; and providing an effective date.
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89	89		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
90	90		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
91	91		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 901 of Title 40, u nless there is
92	92		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
93	93		A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Paid Family
94	94		Leave Act”.
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146	146		B. The Legislature finds the following:
147	147		1. It is in the public benefit to provide family temporary
148	148		disability insurance benefits to workers to care for their family
149	149		members. The need for family temporary disability insurance
150	150		benefits has intensified as the participation o f both parents in the
151	151		workforce has increased, and the number of single parents in the
152	152		workforce has grown. The need for partial wage replacement for
153	153		workers taking family care leave will be exacerbated as the
154	154		population of those needing care, both childr en and parents of
155	155		workers, increases in relation to the number of working -age adults;
156	156		2. Developing systems that help families adapt to the competing
157	157		interests of work and home not only benefits workers, but also
158	158		benefits employers by increasing worker pr oductivity and reducin g
159	159		employee turnover;
160	160		3. The majority of workers in this state are un able to take
161	161		family care leave because they are unable to afford leave without
162	162		pay. When workers do not receive some form of wage replacement
163	163		during family care lea ve, families suffer from the worker ’s loss of
164	164		income, increasing the demand on the state un employment insurance
165	165		system and dependenc e on the state’s welfare system; and
166	166		4. It is the intent of the Legislature to create a family
167	167		temporary disability insuran ce program to help reconcile the demands
168	168		of work and family. The family temporary disabili ty insurance
169	169		program shall be established by the Department of Labor and shall be
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221	221		funded through employee contributions . The program shall be
222	222		administered in accordance wit h the policies of the state disa bility
223	223		insurance program created pursuant to this a ct. Initial and ongoing
224	224		administrative costs associated with the family temporary disability
225	225		insurance program shall be payable from the Disability Trust Fund.
226	226		SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
227	227		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 902 of Title 40, unless there is
228	228		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
229	229		A. The Department of Labor shall establish a family temporary
230	230		disability insurance program. Family temporary disability insurance
231	231		shall provide up to six (6) weeks of wage replacement benefits to
232	232		workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill child,
233	233		spouse, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling or domestic
234	234		partner, or to bond with a mi nor child within one year of the birth
235	235		or placement of the child in connection with foster care or
236	236		adoption.
237	237		B. An individual shall be eligible to receive family temporary
238	238		disability insurance benefits equal to sixty -five percent (65%) of
239	239		his or her weekly wage amount for each full day during which he or
240	240		she is unable to work due to caring for a seriously ill or injured
241	241		family member or bonding with a minor child within one year of the
242	242		birth or placement of the child in con nection with foster care or
243	243		adoption.
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295	295		C. The maximum amount payable to an individua l during any
296	296		disability benefit period for family temporary disability insurance
297	297		shall be six (6) times his or her weekly benefit amount, but in no
298	298		case shall the total amo unt of benefits payable be more t han the
299	299		total wages paid to the individual during h is or her disability base
300	300		period. If the benefit is not a multiple of One Dollar ($1.00), it
301	301		shall be computed to the next higher multiple of One Dollar ($1.00).
302	302		D. No more than six (6) weeks of family temporary disability
303	303		insurance benefits shall be pai d within any twelve-month period.
304	304		E. An individual shall file a claim for family temporary
305	305		disability insurance benefits not later than the forty -first
306	306		consecutive day following the first compensable day with respect to
307	307		which the claim is made for benefit s, which time shall be extended
308	308		by the Department upon a showing of good cause. If a first claim is
309	309		not complete, the claim form shall be returned to the claimant for
310	310		completion and it shall be completed and returned not later than the
311	311		tenth consecutive day after the date it was mailed by the Department
312	312		to the claimant, except that such time shall be extended by the
313	313		Department upon a showing of good cause.
314	314		SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new s ection of law to be codified
315	315		in the Oklahoma Statut es as Section 903 of Title 40, unless there is
316	316		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
317	317		As used in the Paid Family Leave Act:
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369	369		1. “Care recipient” means the family member who is receiving
370	370		care for a serious health condition or the new child wi th whom the
371	371		care provider is bonding;
372	372		2. “Care provider” means the family member who is providing the
373	373		required care for a serious health condition or the family member
374	374		who is bonding with the new child;
375	375		3. “Child” means a biological, adopted or foster son or
376	376		daughter, a stepson or stepdaughter, a legal ward, a son or daughter
377	377		of a domestic partner or the person to whom the employee stands in
378	378		loco parentis;
379	379		4. “Department” means the “Department of Labor”;
380	380		5. “Family care leave” means any of the following :
381	381		a. leave to bond with a minor child within the first year
382	382		of the child’s birth or placement in connection with
383	383		foster care or adoption, or
384	384		b. leave to care for a child, parent, grandparent,
385	385		grandchild, sibling, spouse or domestic partner who
386	386		has a serious health condition;
387	387		6. “Family member” means child, parent, grandparent,
388	388		grandchild, sibling, spouse or domestic partner as defined in this
389	389		section;
390	390		7. “Grandchild” means a child of the employee ’s child;
391	391		8. “Grandparent” means a parent of the employee ’s parent;
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443	443		9. “Parent” means a biological, foster or adoptive parent, a
444	444		parent-in-law, a stepparent, a legal guardian or other person who
445	445		stood in loco parentis to the employee when the employee was a
446	446		child;
447	447		10. “Parent-in-law” means the parent of a spouse or a domestic
448	448		partner;
449	449		11. “Serious health condition ” means an illness, injury,
450	450		impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves inpatient
451	451		care in a hospital, hospice or residential health care facility, or
452	452		continuing treatment or continuing sup ervision by a health care
453	453		provider;
454	454		12. “Sibling” means a person related to another person by
455	455		blood, adoption or affinity through a co mmon biological or legal
456	456		parent;
457	457		13. “Spouse” means a partner to a lawful marriage;
458	458		14. “Valid claim” means any claim for family temporary
459	459		disability insurance benefits made in accordance with the provisions
460	460		of this code, and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder, if
461	461		the individual claiming benefits is unemployed a nd has been paid the
462	462		necessary wages in employment f or employers to qualify for benefits
463	463		and is caring for a seriously ill family member, or bonding with a
464	464		minor child during the first year after the birth or placeme nt of
465	465		the child in connecti on with foster care or adoption; and
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517	517		15. “Twelve-month period,” with respect to any individual,
518	518		means the three hundred sixty-five (365) consecutive days that begin
519	519		with the first day the individual first establishes a valid cla im
520	520		for family temporary disability benef its.
521	521		SECTION 4. NEW LAW A ne w section of law to be codified
522	522		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 904 of Title 40, unless there is
523	523		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
524	524		A. “Disability benefit period ” with respect to any individual
525	525		means the period of unemployment begin ning with the first day an
526	526		individual establishes a valid claim for family temporary disability
527	527		insurance benefits to care fo r a seriously ill family member or to
528	528		bond with a minor child during the first year after the birth or
529	529		placement of the child in co nnection with foster care or adoption.
530	530		B. Periods of family care leave for the same care recipient
531	531		within a twelve-month period shall be considered one disability
532	532		benefit period.
533	533		C. Periods of disability for pregnancy and periods of family
534	534		care leave for bonding associated with the birth of that child shall
535	535		be considered one disability benefit period.
536	536		SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
537	537		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 905 of Title 40, unless there is
538	538		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
539	539		An individual shall be deemed eligible for family temporary
540	540		disability insurance benefits equal to sixty -five percent (65%) of
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592	592		his or her weekly benefit amoun t on any day in which he or she is
593	593		unable to perform his or her regular or customary work because he or
594	594		she is bonding with a minor child during the first year after the
595	595		birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or
596	596		adoption or caring f or a seriously ill child, parent, grandparent,
597	597		grandchild, sibling, spouse or domestic partner, only if the
598	598		Department of Labor finds all of the following:
599	599		1. The individual has made a claim for temporary disabilit y
600	600		benefits as required by authorized reg ulations; and
601	601		2. The individual has been unable to p erform his or her regular
602	602		or customary work for a seven -day waiting period during each
603	603		disability benefit period, with respect to which waiting period no
604	604		family temporary disability insurance benefits ar e payable; and
605	605		3. The individual has filed a certifi cate pursuant to
606	606		subsection B of Section 11 of this act .
607	607		SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
608	608		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 906 of Title 40, unless there i s
609	609		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follow s:
610	610		A. An individual shall not be eligible for family temporary
611	611		disability insurance benefits with respect to any day that any of
612	612		the following apply:
613	613		1. The individual has received, or is entitled to r eceive,
614	614		unemployment compensation benefits or is under an unemployment
615	615		compensation act of any other state or of the federal government; or
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667	667		2. Another family member is ready, willing, able and available
668	668		to provide care for the same period of time in a day that the
669	669		individual is providing the required care.
670	670		B. An individual who is entitled to leave under the Family and
671	671		Medical Leave Act of 1993 must take family temporary disability
672	672		insurance leave concurrent with leave taken und er the Family and
673	673		Medical Leave Act of 1993.
674	674		C. As a condition of an employee’s initial receipt of family
675	675		temporary disability insurance benefits during any twelve -month
676	676		period in which an employee is eligible for these benefits, an
677	677		employer may require an employee t o take up to two (2) weeks of
678	678		earned but unused vacation leave prior to the employee’s initial
679	679		receipt of these benefits. If an employer requires an employee to
680	680		take vacation leave, that portion of the vacation leave that does
681	681		not exceed one (1) week shall be applied to the waiting period
682	682		required pursuant to section 5 of this act.
683	683		SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
684	684		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 907 of Title 40, unless there is
685	685		created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
686	686		If the Department of Labor finds that any individual falsely
687	687		certifies the medical condition of any person in order to obtain
688	688		family temporary disability insurance benefits, with the intent to
689	689		defraud, whether for the maker or for any other person, the
690	690		Department shall assess a penalty against the individual for the
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742	742		total amount of twenty-five percent (25%) of the benefits paid as a
743	743		result of the false certification. In addition, the employee shall
744	744		be liable to the Department for a ny benefits paid as a result of the
745	745		false certification. Penalties collected under this section sh all
746	746		be deposited in the Disability Trust Fund.
747	747		SECTION 8. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
748	748		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Sec tion 908 of Title 40, unless there is
749	749		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
750	750		A. The Department of Labor may request additional medical
751	751		evidence to supplement the first or any continued claim if the
752	752		additional evidence can be procured withou t additional cost to the
753	753		care recipient. The Department may require that the additional
754	754		evidence include any or all of the following information:
755	755		1. Identification of diagnoses;
756	756		2. Identification of symptoms; and
757	757		3. A statement setting forth the facts of the care recipient’s
758	758		serious health condition that warrants the participation of the
759	759		employee. The statement shall be completed and signed by any of the
760	760		following:
761	761		a. the physician or practitio ner treating the care
762	762		recipient,
763	763		b. the registrar, authoriz ed medical officer or other
764	764		duly authorized official of the hospital or health
765	765		facility treating the care recipient, or
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817	817		c. an examining physician or other representative of the
818	818		Department.
819	819		B. The Department may require the care recipient to submit to
820	820		reasonable examinations for the purpose of determining all the
821	821		following:
822	822		1. Whether a serious health condition exists;
823	823		2. Whether a care provid er’s participation is warranted; and
824	824		3. The period of time that the care provider ’s participation is
825	825		warranted.
826	826		SECTION 9. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
827	827		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 909 of Title 40, unless there is
828	828		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
829	829		The Department shall issue the initial payment for family
830	830		temporary disability insurance benefits to a monetarily eligible
831	831		claimant who is otherwise d etermined eligible by the department
832	832		under applicable law and regulation within fourteen (14) days after
833	833		receipt of his or her properly completed disability claim.
834	834		SECTION 10. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
835	835		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 910 of Title 40, unless there is
836	836		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
837	837		Claims for disability benefits shall be made in accordance with
838	838		promulgated rules of the Department of Labor. Each employer shall
839	839		post and maintain in places readily accessible to individuals in his
840	840		or her service printed statements concerning such regulations and
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892	892		shall make available to each such ind ividual copies of such printed
893	893		statements, regulations or matters relating to claims for disability
894	894		benefits as the Department may prescribe. Such printed statements
895	895		shall be supplied to each employer by the Department without cost to
896	896		the employer.
897	897		SECTION 11. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
898	898		in the Oklahoma Statutes a s Section 911 of Title 40, unless there is
899	899		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
900	900		A. In accordance with the rules promulgated by the Departme nt
901	901		of Labor, a claimant shall establish medical eligibility for each
902	902		uninterrupted period of disabi lity by filing a first claim for
903	903		disability benefits supported by the certificate of a treating
904	904		physician or practitioner that establishes the sickness, inju ry or
905	905		pregnancy of the employee, or the condition of the family member
906	906		that warrants the care of t he employee.
907	907		B. An employee shall be required to file a certificate to
908	908		establish eligibility when taking leave to care for a family member
909	909		with a serious health condition. The certificate shall be developed
910	910		by the department. In order to establish medic al eligibility of the
911	911		serious health condition of the family member that warrants the care
912	912		of the employee, the information shall be within the physician ’s or
913	913		practitioner’s knowledge and shall be based on a physical
914	914		examination and documented medical hist ory of the family member and
915	915		shall contain all of the following:
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967	967		1. A diagnosis and diagnostic code prescribed in the
968	968		International Classification of Diseas es, or, if no diagnosis has
969	969		yet been obtained, a detailed statement of symptoms;
970	970		2. The date, if known, on which the condition commenced;
971	971		3. The probable duration of the condition;
972	972		4. An estimate of the amount of time that the physician or
973	973		practitioner believes the employee n eeds to care for the child,
974	974		parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse or domestic
975	975		partner; and
976	976		5. A statement that the serious health condition warrants the
977	977		participation of the employee to provide care for his or her child,
978	978		parent, grandparent, gr andchild, sibling, spouse or domestic
979	979		partner. “Warrants the participatio n of the employee” includes, but
980	980		is not limited to, providing psychologica l comfort, and arranging
981	981		“third-party” care for the child, parent, grandparent, gra ndchild,
982	982		sibling, spouse or domestic partner, as well as directly providing,
983	983		or participating in, the medical care.
984	984		C. The Department shall develop a certification form for
985	985		bonding that is separate and distinct from the certificate required
986	986		in subsection A of this section for an employee taking leave to bond
987	987		with a minor child within the first year of the child’s birth or
988	988		placement in connection with foster care or adoption.
989	989		D. The first and any continuing claim of an individual who
990	990		obtains care and trea tment outside this state s hall be supported by
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1042	1042		a certificate of a treating physician or practitione r duly licensed
1043	1043		or certified by the state or foreign country in which the claimant
1044	1044		is receiving the care and treatment. If a physician or practitioner
1045	1045		licensed by and practicing in a foreign country is under
1046	1046		investigation by the Department for filing fals e claims and the
1047	1047		Department does not have legal remedies to conduct a criminal
1048	1048		investigation or prosecution in that country, the D epartment may
1049	1049		suspend the processing of all further c ertifications until the
1050	1050		physician or practitioner fully cooperates, and c ontinues to
1051	1051		cooperate, with the investigation. A physician or practitioner
1052	1052		licensed by, and practicing in, a foreign country who has been
1053	1053		convicted of filing false claims with the D epartment may not file a
1054	1054		certificate in support of a claim for disability benefits for a
1055	1055		period of five (5) years.
1056	1056		SECTION 12. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
1057	1057		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9 12 of Title 40, unless the re is
1058	1058		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
1059	1059		All medical records of the Department obtained pursuant to the
1060	1060		Paid Family Leave Act, except to the extent necessary for the proper
1061	1061		administration of this act, or as prov ided elsewhere in law shal l be
1062	1062		confidential and shall not be published or be open to public
1063	1063		inspection in any manner revealing the identity of the claimant or
1064	1064		family member, or the nature or cause of his or her disability.
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1116	1116		SECTION 13. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
1117	1117		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 913 of Title 40, unless there is
1118	1118		created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
1119	1119		A. Each worker shall pay worker contributions at the rate
1120	1120		determined by the Department of Labor. On or before October 31 of
1121	1121		each calendar year, the Department shall prepare a statement , which
1122	1122		shall be a public record, declaring the rate of worker contributions
1123	1123		for the calendar year and shall notify promptly all employers of
1124	1124		employees covered for family temporary di sability insurance.
1125	1125		B. The rate of worker contributions shall be established by the
1126	1126		Department.
1127	1127		C. There is created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for
1128	1128		the Department of Labor to be designated as the “Disability Trust
1129	1129		Fund”. The fund shall be a c ontinuing fund, not subject to fiscal
1130	1130		year limitations, and shall consist of all contributions, penalties,
1131	1131		and interest provided for in this act. All monies accruing to the
1132	1132		credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be bu dgeted and
1133	1133		expended by the Department of Labor to perform duties as prescribed
1134	1134		by this act. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants
1135	1135		issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by
1136	1136		law with the Department of Labor for approval and payment. All
1137	1137		benefits provided for in this act shall be payable from the fund.
1138	1138		All benefits shall be paid in accordance with the rules as the
1139	1139		Department of Labor may prescribe.
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1191	1191		SECTION 14. This act shall become effective Novembe r 1, 2021.
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