Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

Filed: 3/18/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1238

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1238 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Illinois Family Care Provider Act.
 
6    Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
7        (1) the number of households in Illinois in which
8    working grandparents have primary responsibility for the
9    care of grandchildren is significant; currently, almost
10    100,000 grandparents are responsible for the care of
11    grandchildren living with them, and of these, 68% are under
12    the age of 60;
13        (2) in Illinois, over 230,000 children under the age of
14    18 live in homes with grandparents as the householders;
15        (3) the number of households in which grandchildren
16    have primary responsibility for the care of grandparents

 

 

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1    and other family members is significant; in fact,
2    grandchildren comprise 8% of informal caregivers
3    nationally;
4        (4) it is important for the family unit that
5    grandparents and grandchildren be able to participate in
6    the care of family members who have serious health
7    conditions; and
8        (5) the lack of employment policies to accommodate
9    working caregivers, including employees caring for
10    grandchildren or grandparents, can force individuals to
11    choose between job security and caregiving
12    responsibilities.
 
13    Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
14    "Eligible employee" has the meaning ascribed to that term
15in the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2601 et
16seq. and is a person standing in loco parentis or acting as a
17caretaker of a grandparent who was in loco parentis of the
18employee when the employee was a minor.
19    "Employer" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the
20Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
21    "Grandchild" means a biological, adopted, or step
22grandchild of an eligible employee and is under age 18 or age
2318 or older and incapable of self-care because of a mental or
24physical disability.
25    "Grandparent" means a biological, adopted, or step

 

 

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1grandparent of an eligible employee.
2    "Serious health condition" has the meaning ascribed to that
3term in the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C.
42601 et seq.
 
5    Section 15. Family leave requirement.
6    (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Section, an
7eligible employee is entitled to receive and an employer shall
8provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid family medical leave to an
9eligible employee during any 12-month period for the eligible
10employee to care for a grandchild if such grandchild has a
11serious health condition or for the eligible employee to care
12for a grandparent if the grandparent has a serious health
13condition.
14    (b) An employee is not entitled to receive and an employer
15is not required to provide more than 12 weeks of unpaid family
16medical leave in any 12-month period under this Act. For
17purposes of this Act, unpaid family medical leave granted
18pursuant to any other law shall be deemed to be unpaid family
19medical leave granted under this Act.
 
20    Section 20. Notification. An employee must comply with the
21employer's usual and customary procedural requirements for
22giving notice of a request for leave, provided that those
23notice requirements are consistent with the Family and Medical
24Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
 

 

 

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1    Section 25. Certification. An employer may require that an
2employee's leave to care for a grandchild or grandparent, with
3a serious health condition, be supported by a certification
4issued by the health care provider of the employee's grandchild
5or grandparent. Certification under this Section shall comply
6with the certification content and requirements provided in 29
7C.F.R. 825.305 et seq.
 
8    Section 30. Administration of Act and rulemaking
9authority.
10    (a) The Illinois Department of Labor shall investigate any
11alleged violations of this Act. If the Department finds that a
12violation has occurred, the Director of Labor may impose the
13following civil penalties:
14        (1) For the first violation, the Director shall issue a
15    written warning to the employer that includes notice
16    regarding penalties for subsequent violations and the
17    employer shall have 30 days to remedy the violation;
18        (2) For the second violation, or if the first violation
19    is not remedied within 30 days of notice by the Department,
20    the Director of Labor may impose a civil penalty of up to
21    $500;
22        (3) For the third violation, or if the first violation
23    is not remedied within 60 days of notice by the Department,
24    the Director of Labor may impose an additional civil

 

 

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1    penalty of up to $1,500;
2        (4) For subsequent violations, or if the first
3    violation is not remedied within 90 days of notice by the
4    Department, the Director of Labor may impose an additional
5    civil penalty of up to $1,500 for every 30 days that passes
6    thereafter without compliance.
7    (b) Penalties under this Section may be assessed by the
8Department and recovered in a civil action brought by the
9Department in any circuit court or in any administrative
10adjudicative proceeding under this Act. In any such civil
11action or administrative adjudicative proceeding under this
12Act, the Department shall be represented by the Attorney
13General.
14    (c) The Department may adopt rules necessary to administer
15this Act and may establish an administrative procedure to
16adjudicate claims and issue final and binding decisions subject
17to the Administrative Review Law.
18    (d) The Department shall dismiss any complaints that are
19being adjudicated in another administrative or judicial venue.
 
20    Section 35. Interpretation. All general requirements for
21leave, employment, benefits, and other provisions shall be
22interpreted in a manner consistent with the Family and Medical
23Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January

 

 

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11, 2016.".