Bill Text: TX HB3799 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to unpaid leave for certain employees who experience a miscarriage.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to International Relations & Economic Development [HB3799 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3799-Introduced.html
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By: Morales Shaw | H.B. No. 3799 |
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relating to unpaid leave for certain employees who experience a | ||
miscarriage. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
adding Chapter 83 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 83. UNPAID LEAVE FOR MISCARRIAGE | ||
Sec. 83.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter, "employee" and | ||
"employer" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.001. | ||
Sec. 83.002. LEAVE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES WHO EXPERIENCE A | ||
MISCARRIAGE. (a) An employee who is not entitled to any leave | ||
under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. | ||
Section 2601 et seq.) and who experiences a miscarriage is entitled | ||
to 10 consecutive days of unpaid leave immediately following the | ||
miscarriage. | ||
(b) An employee shall provide notice to the employer of the | ||
employee's intent to take unpaid leave under this section as soon as | ||
is reasonably practicable. | ||
(c) An employer may not require an employee to use any | ||
applicable sick or vacation leave before the employee may take | ||
leave under this section. | ||
(d) An employer may require an employee who takes unpaid | ||
leave under this section to provide a physician's statement or | ||
other medical documentation upon the employee's return to work. | ||
(e) An employer who violates this section commits an | ||
unlawful employment practice under Subchapter B, Chapter 21. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 83, Labor Code, as added by this Act, | ||
applies only to an unlawful employment practice that occurs on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |