[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3048 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3048

   To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to prohibit an 
 employer from recovering any health care premium paid by the employer 
  for an employee if the employee fails to return to work due to the 
               birth of a child, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 17, 2023

 Mr. Vance (for himself and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to prohibit an 
 employer from recovering any health care premium paid by the employer 
  for an employee if the employee fails to return to work due to the 
               birth of a child, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness for Stay-at-Home Parents 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993.

    (a) In General.--Section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Family and Medical 
Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking the ``or'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and
            (3) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
                            ``(ii) the birth of a son or daughter of 
                        the employee; or''.
    (b) Notice.--Section 104(c) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2614(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Notice regarding option to not return from leave.--An 
        employer shall notify any eligible employee that takes leave 
        for the birth of a son or daughter of the employee that the 
        employer may not recover any premium described in paragraph (2) 
        that the employer paid for maintaining coverage for the 
        employee if the employee fails to return due to such birth.''.
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