MA H2172

Bill

Establishing a paid family and medical leave insurance program

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
06/19/2018

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to establishing a paid family and medical leave insurance program. Financial Services.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a paid family and medical leave insurance program in Massachusetts. The key provisions include amending existing laws to allow the heads of various state departments, including the newly created Department of Family and Medical Leave, to access information necessary to perform their official duties. Additionally, the bill inserts language referencing the new Chapter 175M, which likely contains the details of the paid family and medical leave program, into an existing section of the state's labor laws.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry, Labor and Employment

Sponsors (103)

Brian Ashe (D), Cory Atkins (D), Bruce Ayers (D), Ruth Balser (D), Christine Barber (D), Mike Barrett (D), Jennifer Benson (D), Paul Brodeur (D), Tony Cabral (D), Dan Cahill (D), Thomas Calter (D), Gailanne Cariddi (D), Evandro Carvalho (D), Gerry Cassidy (D), Tackey Chan (D), Nick Collins (D), Mike Connolly (D), Edward Coppinger (D), Brendan Crighton (D), Claire Cronin (D), Daniel Cullinane (D), Julian Cyr (D), Mike Day (D), Marjorie Decker (D), Dan Donahue (D), William Driscoll (D), Michelle DuBois (D), Carolyn Dykema (D), Lori Ehrlich (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D), Dylan Fernandes (D), Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D), Carole Fiola (D), Linda Forry (D), Sean Garballey (D), Denise Garlick (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Anne Gobi (D), Thomas Golden (D), Solomon Goldstein-Rose (I), Ken Gordon (D), Danielle Gregoire (D), Pat Haddad (D), Stephen Hay (D), Jonathan Hecht (D), Paul Heroux (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Kate Hogan (D), Kevin Honan (D), Dan Hunt (D), Pat Jehlen (D), Louis Kafka (D), Jay Kaufman (D), Mary Keefe (D), Kay Khan (D), Peter Kocot (D), Robert Koczera (D), Stephen Kulik (D), Barbara L'Italien (D), John Lawn (D), Jack Lewis (D), Jason Lewis (D), David Linsky (D), Jay Livingstone (D), Adrian Madaro (D), John Mahoney (D), Elizabeth Malia (D), Paul Mark (D), Juana Matias (D), Joe McGonagle (D), Joan Meschino (D), James Miceli (D), Rady Mom (D), Frank Moran (D), James Murphy (D), Brian Murray (D), Harold Naughton (D), Jim O'Day (D), Marc Pacheco (D), Alice Peisch (D), Denise Provost (D), Angelo Puppolo (D), Dave Rogers (D), Jeff Roy (D), Byron Rushing (D), Danny Ryan (D), Paul Schmid (D), John Scibak (D), Alan Silvia (D), Frank Smizik (D), Theodore Speliotis (D), Tom Stanley (D), Bill Straus (D), Walter Timilty (D), José Tosado (D), Paul Tucker (D), Chynah Tyler (D), Steve Ultrino (D), Aaron Vega (D), RoseLee Vincent (D), Chris Walsh (D), Bud Williams (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4640 (on 06/20/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2172

(18 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2172
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2172.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1332	Providing health insurance coverage to the surviving children of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty	Accompanied a study order, see H4654	Similar To
H34	Relative to life insurance proceeds	Accompanied a study order, see H4785	Similar To
H4110	Establishing a paid family and medical leave insurance program	No further action taken	Similar To
H4640	Relative to minimum wage, paid family medical leave and the sales tax holiday	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 121 of the Acts of 2018	Replaced by
H4921	Relative to the health insurance and other benefits in the town of East Brookfield	Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
H497	Relative to an investigation of flood insurance by the attorney general	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Similar To
H4977	Relative to health insurance benefits for certain retirees in the town of Pembroke	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 419 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H498	Relative to an investigation to review flood insurance rates	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Similar To
H5021	Relative to title insurance closing protection letters	Passed to be engrossed	Similar To
H5026	Relative to interstate branching of a credit union and the Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation	Passed to be engrossed	Similar To
H587	To require written notice of medical tests outside a patient’s network for insurance purposes	Accompanied a new draft, see H4333	Similar To
H588	Expanding automobile insurance coverage options to include the diminished value of automobiles	Accompanied a study order, see H4778	Similar To
H626	To amend Section 3, Chapter 111M of the General Laws relative to Massachusetts residents living in a foreign country and health insurance penalties	Accompanied a study order, see H4528	Similar To
S1384	Relative to eligibility for state group health insurance	Accompanied a study order, see S2491	Similar To
S1385	Relative to local public housing authorities access to the dental and vision insurance plan managed by the group insurance commission	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2547	Relative to surplus lines insurance premiums	No further action taken	Similar To
S578	Relative to notice requirements for insurance premium changes and insurance coverage changes	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To
S582	To limit retroactive denials of health insurance claims for mental health and substance abuse services	Accompanied a new draft, see S2403	Similar To

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