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Subcommittee approves bill letting adoptive parents use state-paid family leave when child is placed
Summary
The House Education Administration Subcommittee voted unanimously to send House Bill 1150 to full Education, approving language that lets adoptive parents qualify for state-paid family leave when they receive court-ordered custody or guardianship or a parental power of attorney rather than waiting for final adoption.
House Bill 1150, which clarifies when an adoption is considered to begin for purposes of state-paid family leave, moved out of the House Education Administration Subcommittee by voice vote after sponsors and an adoptive parent described gaps in current practice.
Representative Miller, sponsor of HB 1150, told the committee that Tennessee law’s requirement that finalization hearings occur at least six months after placement can leave adoptive families unable to use state-paid family…
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