Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 312
       
       
       
       By Senator Braynon
       
       
       
       
       36-00589-13                                            2013312__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to family support personnel policies;
    3         amending s. 110.1522, F.S.; requiring the model rule
    4         establishing family support personnel policies to
    5         provide for a specified amount of leave for an
    6         employee who has a family member with a serious health
    7         condition; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 110.1522, Florida Statutes, is amended
   12  to read:
   13         110.1522 Model rule establishing family support personnel
   14  policies.—The Department of Management Services shall develop a
   15  model rule establishing family support personnel policies for
   16  all executive branch agencies, excluding the State University
   17  System. “Family support personnel policies,” for purposes of ss.
   18  110.1521-110.1523, means personnel policies affecting employees’
   19  ability to both work and devote care and attention to their
   20  families and includes policies on flexible hour work schedules,
   21  compressed time, job sharing, part-time employment, maternity or
   22  paternity leave for employees with a newborn or newly adopted
   23  child, and paid and unpaid family or administrative leave for
   24  family responsibilities. The model rule must provide for the
   25  granting of leave for up to 12 months for an employee who has a
   26  family member with a serious health condition as defined by the
   27  Family and Medical Leave Act and its implementing regulations.
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.