On March 25, 2009, a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives that would create a family leave insurance program giving eligible employees up to 12 weeks of paid family leave in a 12-month period. The Family Leave Insurance Act of 2009 (H.R. 1723) builds on the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) and adopts many of the definitions of that law, with certain exceptions.

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