Florida Senate - 2021                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 1-B
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                Floor: 8/FC/2R         .                                
             11/17/2021 07:09 PM       .                                
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       Senator Farmer moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 265 and 266
    4  insert:
    5         (8) This section may not be construed to prohibit an
    6  employer from offering an incentive to employees for voluntarily
    7  receiving a COVID-19 vaccination.
    8         (9) An employer must grant an employee up to 3 weeks of
    9  paid leave if the employee is exposed to or contracts COVID-19
   10  or if the employee’s immediate family member is exposed or to or
   11  contracts COVID-19.
   12         (10) An employee who contracts COVID-19 as a result of
   13  exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace is entitled to workers
   14  compensation under chapter 440.
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   17  And the title is amended as follows:
   18         Delete line 40
   19  and insert:
   20         policy; providing construction; requiring employers to
   21         grant up to 3 weeks of paid leave to employees under
   22         certain circumstances; providing that an employee who
   23         contracts COVID-19 in the workplace is entitled to
   24         workers compensation; providing for expiration;
   25         creating s.