3.0.0 2390 2023-01-01T23:43:15Z 2023-01-01T23:43:15Z Senate S 2021-07-20 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-20T16:34:08Z Support Through Loss Act 117 4576 HR 2021-07-20 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2021-07-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-07-20 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-07-20 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2021-07-20 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2021-08-03 False L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. 2021-08-04 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-08-10 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2021-09-14 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2021-09-28 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2021-10-19 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-11-04 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-11-18 False Labor and Employment Labor and Employment 00 2021-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2022-04-28T16:38:07Z Support Through Loss Act

This bill provides employees with 24 hours of paid leave time each year for an absence resulting from a pregnancy loss or other specified circumstance related to pregnancy, fertility, or an unsuccessful assisted reproductive procedure or adoption match.

Employers must notify each employee about the availability of this paid leave and may not discriminate or discharge an employee for exercising or attempting to exercise the right to such paid leave.

The bill provides for enforcement of this requirement by the Department of Labor and through civil action brought by an employee or individual.

Further, the bill requires specified federal agencies to conduct research and publish information about pregnancy loss and related evidence-based treatment options.

]]> Support Through Loss Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to allow Americans to receive paid leave time to process and address their own health needs and the health needs of their partners during the period following a pregnancy loss, an unsuccessful round of intrauterine insemination or of an assisted reproductive technology procedure, a failed adoption arrangement, a failed surrogacy arrangement, or a diagnosis or event that impacts pregnancy or fertility, to support related research and education, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Support Through Loss Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Support Through Loss Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2390is/xml/BILLS-117s2390is.xml 2021-07-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.