An Act to Suspend the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1307
Committee Amendment CA_A_S197 (Senate)
Amends: 6 MRSA §850-F

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to S.P. 537, L.D. 1307, "An Act to Suspend the 
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Remittance Obligation for Paid Family and Medical Leave Private Plan Use1·s" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act to Refund Premium Contributions Made by Employel's with Approved 
Private Plans to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
emergency clause and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 2.6 MRSA §850-F~ sub-§11 is enacted to read: 
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11. Refund of premium contributions. Premium contributions may be refunded 
pmsuant to this subsection, 
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A. An employer that remitted premium contributions to the fund on 01· after January I. 
2025 and that received approval to substitute a private plan pursuant to section 850-H 
before January 1. 2026 is entitled to reimbursement of all premium contributions made 
to the fund, together with any interest earned thereon. upon wl'itten request submitted 
by mail to the department. Within 30 days of receipt of an employer's written 1·equest 
for reimbmsement of premium contributions under this paragraph. the department shall 
refund the employer's premium contl'ibutions to the employer. together with any 
interest earned thereon from the date of receipt of the request. For purposes of this 
paragraph, an employer's request for reimbm·sement is deemed to be received by the 
department on the date on which the employer's request for reimbursement was mailed 
to the department. 
B. An employe1· that elected to deduct any po1tion of its pt·emium contribution from its 
employees' wages as permitted by subsection 5 shall refund its employees for their 
portion of premium contributions. together with any interest earned thereon, within 30 
days of receipt of the refund from the depa1:tment under paragraph A. 
Sec. 2. Rules establishing expedited refund process and waiver of payroll 
premiums by November 1, 2025. Pursuant to its rule-making authority under the 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to S.P. 537, L.D. 1307 { S- /97 J 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 850-Q, the Department of Labor shall ame1ld 
12-702 C.M.R. Chapter I: Rules governing the Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave 
Progrnm to: 
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I. Implement a specified timeline for decisions on applications for substitution of 
private plans that meet the requirements of Title 26, section 850-H, not to exceed 30 days 
from the department's receipt of an employer's application for substitution of a private plaii; 
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2. Conform to the provisions of Title 26, section 850-F, subsection 11 as provided 111 
this Act. 
The rnles must be in effect no later than November I, 2025. 
Sec. 3, 
App1·opriations and allocations. The following apprnpriations m\d 
allocations are made. 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Paid Family nnd Medical Leave Insurance Fund Z383 
Initiative: Allocates one-time funds for the cost to calculate and refund contributions paid 
by employers that remitted premium contributions on or after January I, 2025 and who 
received approval to substitute a private plan before January 1, 2026. 
PAID FAMILY AND"MEDICAL LEAVE 
2025-26 
2026"27 
INSURANCE FUND 
All Other 
$20,000 
$0 
PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE 
INSURANCE FUND TOTAL 
$20,000 
$0 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority 1·epo1t of the committee. This amendment changes the 
title and pl'ovides that an employer that remitted premium contributions to the Paid Family 
and Medical Leave lnsmance Fund on or after January I, 2025 and that received approval 
of a substitute private plan before January l, 2026 is entitled to reimbursement of all 
premium contributions with interest. [t requires the Department of Labor to refund the 
premium contributions within 30 days of receipt ofrequest from the employer. It requires 
the employer to refund any premium contributions deducted from an employee within 30 
days if the employe1· deducted any portion of premium contributions under current law. 
The amendment requires the Department of Labor to update its rules relating to the paid 
family and medical leave benefits program. The amendment also adds an appropriations 
and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUffiED 
(Sec attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/13/25 I-RI-
132nd. MAINE LEGISLATURE 
LD 1307 
LR 2176(02) 
An Act to Sus})end the Remittance Obligation for Paid Family and Medical Leave Private Plan Users 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment~ '{S- IC,1\ 
Committee: Labor 
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Appropriations/Allo.cations 
Paid Family and Medical Leave 
Insurance Fund 
Revenue 
Paid Family and Medical Leave 
Insurance Fund· 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2025-26 
$20,000 
$0 
($25,000,000) 
($30,000,000) 
Projections 
FY 2027-28 
$0 . 
$0 
Pt·ojections 
FY .2028-29 
$0 
$0 
The Department of Labor estimates that reimbursing certain employers that remitted premium contributions to the 
Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund on or after January I, 2025 and who receiyed approval to substitute a 
private plan before Janual'y I, 2026 will reduce revenue in the fund by $25.0 million in fiscal year 2025-26 and $30.0 
million in fiscal year 2026-27. 
This bill includes a one-time Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund allocation of $20,000 in fiscal year 2025-
to the Department of Labor for the cost associated with calculating and refunding contributions paid by employers 
on or after January 1, 2025 and who received approval to substitute a private plan before January 1, 2026, 
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