RELATING TO EMPLOYEE LEAVE.
Summary
Requires temporary disability insurance to provide extended coverage to an employee who has a preterm birth requiring the newborn baby to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit or birth requiring the newborn baby to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit for more than eight weeks, provided the employee provides kangaroo care to or expresses breast milk for the newborn. Requires family leave to be extended for an employee who has a preterm birth requiring the newborn baby to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit or birth requiring the newborn baby to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit for more than eight weeks, provided the employee provides kangaroo care to or expresses breast milk for the newborn. Requires the Department of Health to amend the Hawaii Administrative Rules to include neonatal care as related condition where the phrase "pregnancy, childbirth, or other related condition" is used.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2022
Last action Jan 24, 2022
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Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 24, 2022
Committee
Referred to LCA/HTH, WAM.
upper
Jan 21, 2022
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BE
Bennette E. Misalucha
DDemocratic
P
GR
Gil Riviere
DDemocratic
P
Jarrett Keohokalole
DDemocratic
P
LA
Laura Acasio
DDemocratic
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