| Passed by the House June 28, 2013 Yeas 70 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate June 28, 2013 Yeas 38 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2044 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
Read first time 04/18/13. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AN ACT Relating to delaying the implementation of the family leave insurance program until funding and payment of benefits are authorized in law; and amending RCW 49.86.030 and 49.86.210.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 49.86.030 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 25 s 1 are each amended
to read as follows:
((Beginning October 1, 2015)) When the legislature has specifically
appropriated funding and enacted an implementation date for benefits,
then beginning on that specified date, family leave insurance benefits
are payable to an individual during a period in which the individual is
unable to perform his or her regular or customary work because he or
she is on family leave if the individual:
(1) Files a claim for benefits in each week in which the individual
is on family leave, and as required by rules adopted by the director;
(2) Has been employed for at least six hundred eighty hours in
employment during the individual's qualifying year;
(3) Establishes an application year. An application year may not
be established if the qualifying year includes hours worked before
establishment of a previous application year;
(4) Consents to the disclosure of information or records deemed
private and confidential under chapter 50.13 RCW. Initial disclosure
of this information and these records by the employment security
department to the department is solely for purposes related to the
administration of this chapter. Further disclosure of this information
or these records is subject to RCW 49.86.020(3);
(5) Discloses whether or not he or she owes child support
obligations as defined in RCW 50.40.050; and
(6) Documents that he or she has provided the employer from whom
family leave is to be taken with written notice of the individual's
intention to take family leave in the same manner as an employee is
required to provide notice in RCW 49.78.250.
Sec. 2 RCW 49.86.210 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 25 s 2 are each amended
to read as follows:
Beginning ((September 1, 2016)) one year after the implementation
date specified by the legislature pursuant to RCW 49.86.030, and
annually thereafter, the department shall report to the legislature
((by September 1st of each year)) on projected and actual program
participation, premium rates, fund balances, and outreach efforts.