HB 2826

                                 SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 2826
                           103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                            INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DOLL.
 5424H.01I  JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
                                            AN ACT
 To amend chapter 285, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to paid family and
       medical leave.
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
        Section A. Chapter 285, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 285.460, to read as follows:
        285.460. Any private employer that provides paid family and medical leave to its
2 employees shall provide such leave to its employees for adoptions and fostering,
3 including leave for the adopted or foster child's birth, placement, and bonding after
4 placement of the child, under the same terms and conditions and in equal or equivalent
5 coverage as other covered paid leave under the employer's policy for maternal, paternal,
6 or other family leave available to its employees.
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 EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
 intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.