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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1348 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to prohibit an employer |
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| 6 | 6 | | from recovering any health care premium paid by the employer for |
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| 7 | 7 | | an employee if the employee fails to return to work due to the birth |
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| 8 | 8 | | of a child, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL8, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. L |
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| 12 | 12 | | EEintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to |
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| 13 | 13 | | the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to |
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| 16 | 16 | | prohibit an employer from recovering any health care |
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| 17 | 17 | | premium paid by the employer for an employee if the |
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| 18 | 18 | | employee fails to return to work due to the birth of |
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| 19 | 19 | | a child, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness for Stay-at- 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Home Parents Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •S 1348 IS |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | LEAVE ACT OF 1993. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—Section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Fam-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ily and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2614(c)(2)(B)) is amended— 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) in clause (i), by striking the ‘‘or’’ at the 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | end; 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) by inserting after clause (i) the following: 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(ii) the birth of a son or daughter of 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the employee; or’’. 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) N |
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| 42 | 42 | | OTICE.—Section 104(c) of the Family and Med-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)) is amended 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | by adding at the end the following: 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(4) N |
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| 46 | 46 | | OTICE REGARDING OPTION TO NOT RE -16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | TURN FROM LEAVE .—An employer shall notify any 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | eligible employee that takes leave for the birth of a 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | son or daughter of the employee that the employer 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | may not recover any premium described in para-20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | graph (2) that the employer paid for maintaining 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | coverage for the employee if the employee fails to re-22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | turn due to such birth.’’. 23 |
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