An Act To Support Family Caregivers By Expanding Family Medical Leave

This bill amends Maine's family medical leave law to allow employees to take unpaid time off to care for grandparents and great-grandparents with serious health conditions. The amendment removes specific language that previously defined eligible relatives based on blood, adoption, legal custody, marriage, or domestic partnership, thereby broadening the scope of who can be covered. This change ensures that the leave provision applies to these family members regardless of their specific legal relationship to the employee.