1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2, the seventh engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 27, delete subdivision 5 and insert:
1.3 "
Subd. 5. Maximum length of benefits. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), in a
1.4single benefit year, an applicant may receive benefits under this chapter as follows:
1.5(1) for an applicant's serious health condition or pregnancy, up to 12 weeks of benefits;
1.6or
1.7(2) for bonding, safety leave, family care, or leave related to a qualifying exigency,
up
1.8to 12 weeks of benefits; and
1.9(3) if an applicant is eligible for benefits under clauses (1) and (2) in the same
benefit
1.10year, up to an additional six weeks of benefits; provided that, the maximum length
of benefits
1.11an applicant may receive in a single benefit year under this chapter shall not exceed
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1.12weeks total, unless paragraph (b) applies.
1.13(b) In addition to the benefits received under paragraph (a), an applicant may receive
1.14up to an additional six weeks of benefits for leave related to pregnancy recovery
or
1.15complications; provided that, the maximum length of benefits an applicant may receive
in
1.16a single benefit year under this chapter shall not exceed 24 weeks total."