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Committee advances bill letting state employees use six weeks paid leave to care for seriously ill family members
Summary
The State and Local Government Committee voted to send House Bill 915 to Finance, Ways and Means after testimony and legal questions about verification and program administration.
The State and Local Government Committee on April 2 advanced House Bill 915, which would amend Tennessee’s six-week paid leave policy for state employees to permit leave to care for a qualifying family member with a serious health condition.
The bill, sponsored by Representative Sparks, would add caring for a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, spouse, sibling or domestic partner with a serious illness or disability as an allowable reason for the existing six weeks of paid leave. The committee adopted an amendment (drafting code 5162) before considering the measure.
Supporters said the change would provide…
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