HB 200An Act establishing family and medical leave benefits, the Paid Family and Medical Leave Account and the Paid Family and Medical Leave Grant Program; conferring powers and imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry; and imposing penalties.

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This version-to-version change represents a wholesale gutting of Pennsylvania's Paid Family and Medical Leave Act, removing virtually the entire substantive framework of the program. The bill eliminates all core operational provisions including the short title, definitions, employer obligations to provide leave, eligibility criteria, benefit duration and amounts, employment protections, coordination of benefits, notice requirements, enforcement mechanisms (violations, judicial review, and right of action), the Paid Family and Medical Leave Account, the grant program, and reporting requirements. Most significantly, the changes remove the detailed definitions section that specified qualifying purposes for leave, including approximately 11 distinct categories covering situations ranging from medical treatment and recovery from injuries caused by violence, to relocation and housing security, financial and legal services, childcare arrangements, home modifications, and caregiver services. What remains after these deletions is unclear, but the removal of foundational elements—particularly the definitions, eligibility standards, benefit structures, and both the funding account and grant program—effectively dismantles the paid family and medical leave program as originally conceived.