CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2044

Chapter 26, Laws of 2013

63rd Legislature
2013 2nd Special Session



FAMILY LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM



EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/28/13

Passed by the House June 28, 2013
  Yeas 70   Nays 19

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate June 28, 2013
  Yeas 38   Nays 10


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

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.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved July 3, 2013, 2:18 p.m.








JAY INSLEE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
July 3, 2013







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 2044
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Passed Legislature - 2013 2nd Special Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2013 Regular Session

By Representatives Hunter and Sullivan

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.


         Passed by the House June 28, 2013.
         Passed by the Senate June 28, 2013.
         Approved by the Governor July 3, 2013.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State July 3, 2013.