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Eligibility is tied to continuous employment, qualifying life events include birth, adoption placement, and foster care placement. The bill sets a 120-hour maximum per rolling 12-month period, allows use in increments under eight hours, specifies documentation and non-interference rules, and requires the State Accounting Office to update relevant systems to add a new paid benefit category.","21 HB 146/AP House Bill 146 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)  \nBy: Representatives Gaines of the 117th, Cooper of the 43rd, Jones of the 47th, Wiedower of the 119th, Rich of the 97th, and others  \nA BILL TO BE ENTITLED  \nAN ACT  \n1 To amend Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, 2 relating to general provisions regarding personnel administration, so as to provide for paid  \n3 parental leave for eligible state employees and eligible local board of education employees;  \n4 to provide for definitions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for terms and conditions; to  \n5 provide for certain prohibitions; to provide for rules; to provide for related matters; to repeal  \n6 conflicting laws; and for other purposes.  \n7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:  \n8 SECTION 1.  \n9 Article 1 of Chapter 20 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to  \n10 general provisions regarding personnel administration, is amended by revising Code 11 Section 45-20-17, which was previously reserved, as follows:  \n12 \"45-20-17.  \n13  (a) As used in this Code section, the term:  \n14  (1) 'Eligible employee' means:  \nH. B. 146 -1-  \n21 HB 146/AP 15  (A) Any individual identified in subparagraph (A),(E),(F),(G), or (L) of paragraph (2)  \n16  of Code Section 45-18-1 whois classified as full-time by the applicable state employing  \n17  entity; or  \n18  (B) Any individual identified in paragraph (4) of Code Section 20-2-880 or  \n19 paragraph (3) of Code Section 20-2-910 who is classified as full-time by the applicable  \n20  local board of education.  \n21  (2) 'Employing entity' means:  \n22  (A) The executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government; or  \n23  (B) A local board of education.  \n24  (3) 'Qualifying life event' means:  \n25  (A) The birth of a child of an eligible employee;  \n26  (B) The placement of a minor child for adoption with an eligible employee; or  \n27  (C) The placement of a minor child for foster care with an eligible employee.  \n28  (b) All eligible employees of an employing entity shall be eligible for paid parental leave  \n29  for qualifying life events after six continuous months of employment with the employing  \n30  entity regardless of whether the employee is eligible for paid or unpaid leave under federal  \n31  law. Such paid parental leave shall be equally available to all eligible employees.  \n32  (c) The maximum amount of paid parental leave that may be taken by an eligible  \n33  employee during a rolling 12 month period is 120 hours, regardless of the number of  \n34  qualifying life events that occur within such period. The rolling 12 month period shall be  \n35 measured backward from the date an eligible employee first uses parental leave. Such  \n36  leave maybe used as needed and maybe taken in increments of less than eight hours. Any  \n37  such leave that remains 12 months after the qualifying life event shall not carry over for  \n38  future use.  \n39  (d) Unused paid parental leave shall have no cash value at the time of the eligible  \n40  employee's separation from employment with the employing entity.  \nH. B. 146 -2-  \n21 HB 146/AP 41  (e) Each employing entity shall promulgate rules for the administration of paid parental  \n42  leave under this Code section for eligible employees which are not in conflict with this  \n43  Code section; provided, however, that the State Personnel Board shall promulgate such  \n44 rules for any employing entity that is considered a department or agency as such terms are  \n45  synonymously defined in paragraph (6) of Code Section 45-20-2. At a minimum, such  \n46 rules of the employing entity shall address:  \n47  (1) Whether paid parental leave under this Code section shall run concurrently with any  \n48  leave provided under federal law; and  \n49  (2) The documentation, if any, that an eligible employee shall be required to provide to  \n50  establish the existence of a qualifying life event.  \n51  (f) To imple","cbCaibMAWeSblFzX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibMAWeSblFzX","pdf",14921,1,4,"English","en",105,"# SECTION 1\n## Paid parental leave eligibility and qualifying life events\n## Leave limits, carryover, and cash value\n## Rules, documentation, software/platform updates\n## Hourly employee eligibility and anti-retaliation provisions\n# SECTION 2","[{\"question\":\"Who qualifies for paid parental leave under HB 146?\",\"answer\":\"Eligible employees include full-time state employees and full-time local board of education employees identified under referenced code sections. 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