Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act 2. Leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or other individual related by blood or affinity (a) Definitions (1) Inclusion of grandparents, grandchildren, parents-in-law, siblings, and domestic partners Section 101 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end the following: (20) Domestic partner The term domestic partner (A) the person recognized as the domestic partner of the employee under any domestic partner registry or civil union laws of the State or political subdivision of a State; or (B) in the case of an unmarried employee, an unmarried adult person who is in a committed, personal relationship with the employee, is not a domestic partner to any other person, and who is designated to the employer by such employee as that employee’s domestic partner. (21) Grandchild The term grandchild (22) Grandparent The term grandparent (23) Parent-in-law The term parent-in-law (24) Sibling The term sibling (25) Son-in-law and daughter-in-law The terms son-in-law daughter-in-law . (2) Inclusion of adult children and children of a domestic partner Section 101(12) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2611(12) (A) by inserting a child of an individual’s domestic partner, a legal ward, (B) by striking who is— and includes an adult child (b) Leave Requirement Section 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2612 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, if such spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or such other individual (2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, or sibling of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship (3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember spouse or domestic partner, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, or sibling, or next of kin of a covered servicemember, or any other individual related by blood or affinity to a covered servicemember who close association with such servicemember is the equivalent of a family relationship (4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking spouse, parent, or covered servicemember of the employee spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or covered servicemember of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship (5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, or sibling, of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship (6) in subsection (f)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting or domestic partners husband and wife (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting or parent-in-law parent (c) Certification Section 103 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2613 (1) in subsection (a), by striking spouse, or parent of the employee, or of the next of kin of an individual in the case of leave taken under such paragraph (3), as appropriate spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the employee, or of the next of kin of an individual in the case of leave taken under such paragraph (3), as appropriate, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking spouse, or parent and an estimate of the amount of time that such employee is needed to care for the son, daughter, spouse, or parent spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship and an estimate of the amount of time that such employee is needed to care for such son, daughter, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling, or such other individual (3) in subsection (b)(7), by striking parent, or spouse spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship (d) Employment and Benefits Protection Section 104(c)(3) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2614(c)(3) (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking spouse, or parent spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship (2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking spouse, or parent spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship 3. Federal employees (a) Definitions (1) Inclusion of domestic partners, parents-in-law, adult children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, or other individuals related by blood or affinity Section 6381 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (11) by striking ; and (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (13) the term domestic partner (A) the person recognized as the domestic partner of the employee under any domestic partner registry or civil union laws of the State or political subdivision of a State; or (B) in the case of an unmarried employee, an unmarried adult person who is in a committed, personal relationship with the employee, is not a domestic partner to any other person, and who is designated to the employing agency by such employee as that employee’s domestic partner; (14) the term parent-in-law (15) the term grandchild (16) the term grandparent (17) the term sibling (18) the terms son-in-law and daughter-in-law . (2) Inclusion of adult children and children of a domestic partner Section 6381(6) of such title is amended— (A) by inserting a child of an individual’s domestic partner, a legal ward, (B) by striking who is— and includes an adult child (b) Leave Requirement Section 6382 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, of the employee, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, if such spouse, domestic partner, son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or such other individual (2) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship (3) in subsection (a)(3), by striking spouse, son, daughter, parent, spouse or domestic partner, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, (4) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking spouse, parent, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, (5) in subsection (e)(3), by striking spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, spouse or domestic partner, or a son, daughter, parent, parent-in-law, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, (c) Certification Section 6383 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking spouse, or parent spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking spouse, or parent, and an estimate of the amount of time that such employee is needed to care for such son, daughter, spouse, or parent spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship and an estimate of the amount of time that such employee is needed to care for such son, daughter, spouse or domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or such other individual

Summary: Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to leave to care for a domestic partner or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or any other person related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, if that person has a serious health condition. This bill applies the same leave allowance to federal employees.