SB 470 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2813
\t05/04
SENATE BILL\t470
AN ACT\trelative to eligibility of school district employees for Family and Medical Leave Act coverage.
SPONSORS:\tSen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Rep. Rollo, Straf. 18
COMMITTEE:\tEducation
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill provides family and medical leave to certain school district employees who are not otherwise eligible for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2813
\t05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to eligibility of school district employees for Family and Medical Leave Act coverage.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 New Subdivision; Family and Medical Leave Coverage. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 70 the following new subdivision:
Family and Medical Leave Coverage
\t189:71 Family and Medical Leave Coverage. A school district employee who has been employed by the school district for at least 12 months and who has worked at least 900 hours in the previous 12-month period shall be eligible for family and medical leave under the same terms and conditions as leave provided to eligible employees under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-3), 29 U.S.C. section 2611, et seq., as amended.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.