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Committee advances bill to add foster parents to state paid parental leave
Summary
The committee advanced House Bill 957 to extend existing state paid parental leave eligibility to foster parents and adoptive parents for state employees; sponsor and members debated whether the change expands leave time and how guardrails will work.
On Feb. 18 the State and Local Government Committee advanced House Bill 0957, which would include foster parents among state employees eligible for existing paid parental leave. Representative Slater, sponsor of the amended bill, told the committee the measure aligns the timing for charity shutdown filings (amendment context) and, more important, extends eligibility so foster parents and adoptive parents receive the same administrative leave available to birth parents under…
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