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          Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary

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|                               |SB 1149  (Speier)           |
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|Hearing Date: 5/10/99          |Amended: 4/5/99             |
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|Consultant: David              |Policy Vote: I.R. 4-2       |
|Maxwell-Jolly                  |                            |
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BILL SUMMARY: 

SB 1149 lowers from 50 to 20 the minimum number of  
employees in a workplace where the family and medical leave  
must be provided.  It also requires employers to take steps  
to inform employees of their rights to family and medical  
leave and pregnancy disability leave.  These steps include  
to:
 Distribute copies of information sheets prepared by the  
  Department of Fair Employment and Housing to all  
  employees.
 Provide employees reasonable advance notice of any  
  requirements that it adopts pertaining to these types of  
  leaves.
 Establish and maintain effective training programs for  
  managers, supervisors, human resource directors, health  
  benefit administrations, or other personnel with  
  responsibility for any aspect of employee's leave  
  entitlements to provide training at least annually about  
  rights to take leave.
 Maintain a record of the training sessions.
The bill also allows family and medical leave for a parent  
to care for their adult child who is not his/her dependent.

                         Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
  
Major Provisions    1998-99      1999-2000     2000-01      Fund  

State employee training                unknown annual costGeneral &
                                                      others

STAFF COMMENTS:  











This bill meets the criteria to be placed on the Suspense  
file.

Costs for information sheets for the state's 280,000  
employees and training for their supervisors would easily  
exceed $150,000 annually.