HM 4 — PARENTAL PAID-LEAVE PROGRAM

HOUSE MEMORIAL 4 53RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2018 INTRODUCED BY Daymon Ely 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE PARENTAL PAID-LEAVE WORKING GROUP BE REESTABLISHED TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS MADE PURSUANT TO HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE MEMORIAL 2 FROM THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE TOWARD THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PARENTAL PAID-LEAVE PROGRAM FOR NEW MEXICO BEGINNING IN 2020.

e9 t 17 WHEREAS, House Health Committee Substitute for House w l n d 18 Memorial 2 from the first session of the fifty-second = = 19 a l legislature in 2015 noted that:

i a e r 20 A.

paid family-leave programs provide substantial a t m m 21 benefits to children and the families of children;

and d r e 22 B.

other states with a paid-family leave program c e s k 23 have improved levels of job retention and employee loyalty and e a n b 24 morale without increases in costs;

and u [ WHEREAS, House Health Committee Substitute for House .209352.2 Memorial 2 provided for the convening of a parental paid-leavepaid- leave working group of experts in child and family development, business, law and public finance and administration, with the executive director of the southwest women's law center as its chair, to make findings and develop recommendations for the establishment of a publicly managed parental paid-leave program in New Mexico for both the public HM 4 and private sectors;

and Page 1 WHEREAS, in October 2016, the family-friendly workplace task force presented its findings and recommendations to the legislative health and human services committee;

and WHEREAS, the task force proposed at that time an outline of a New Mexico program that would provide employee e e 17 contributions to a fund and reimbursement from that fund of a e e n d 18 portion of an employee's salary when the employee takes up to = = l ] 19 twelve weeks of unpaid leave from employment for a seriously a l r i 20 ill family member or for bonding with a newborn child, newly t e a t adopted child or newly placed foster child;

mand mWHEREAS, 21the ereestablishment dand rcontinued ework 22of NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF c e r c 23 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the parental e a n b 24 paid-leave working group bewould requestedaid toin continue to develop u [ recommendations for the establishmentimplementation of a parentalpaid-family-leave paid-leaveprogram; .209352.2 - 2 - and paid family- and medical-leave program to provide the data necessary for establishing a parental paid-leave and paid family- and medical-leave program for New Mexico;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the parental paid-leave working group be reestablished, with representatives from all groups previously included in the parental paid-leave working group, plus representation from the New Mexico federation of labor and representation on behalf of small, medium and large businesses that represent the diverse business community;

and HM 4 Page 2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the parental paid-leave working group be requested to continue to develop recommendations for the establishment of a parental paid- leave and paid family- and medical-leave program to provide the data necessary for establishing a parental paid-leave and paid family- and medical-leave program for New Mexico;

and e e 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the parental paid-leave e e n d 18 working group make recommendations on the implementation of a = = l ] 19 parental paid-leave and paid family- and medical-leave program a l r i 20 over a three-year period, beginning in July 2020, with t e a t implementation of a pilot program in the public sector in year m m 21 e d r e 22 one of the program, full implementation of the programHM in4 thePage c3 eprogram rin cthe 23 public sector in year two of the program and a phase-in of the e a n b 24 private sector in year three of the program;

and u [ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the parental paid-leave .209352.2 - 3 - working group present its recommendations to the legislative health and human services committee prior to December 31, 2018 for approval of the pilot program in the public sector that can be voted upon during the first session of the fifty-fourthfifty- fourth legislature in 2019;

the legislative health and human services e e 17 committee staff;

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a l r i 20 (1) New Mexico voices for children;

t e a t (2) New Mexico chambers of commerce;

mHM m4 21Page e4 d r e 22 (3) the southwest women's law center;

c e r c 23 (4) the New Mexico pediatric society;

e a n b 24 (5) New Mexico women's agenda;

u [ (6) the New Mexico center on law and .209352.2 - 4 - poverty;

e e 17 (16) the greater Las Cruces chamber of e e n d 18 commerce;

= = l ] 19 (17) the Santa Fe chamber of commerce;

a l r i 20 (18) the national association of women t e a t business owners;

andHM m4 mPage 215 e d r e 22 (19) the New Mexico association of commerce c e r c 23 and industry.industry;

eand a(20) nthe bNew 24Mexico -federation 5of -labor. u [ .209352.2

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