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On October 6, 2011, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law that benefits pregnant women, new mothers and their newborns by ensuring continued health care coverage for workers on pregnancy or childbirth-related leave. Senate Bill 299, authored by Senator Noreen Evans, requires employers to continue to provide health coverage for women on maternity leave, closing a gap in the law that put pregnant women and new mothers at risk of losing insurance coverage at the time they need it most.
The California Work & Family Coalition led the effort to pass SB 299 over many months. The bill was co-sponsored by Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) and California Commission on the Status of Women.
The law, which will take effect in 2012, has far-reaching benefits, as an estimated 50 percent of California’s workforce does not have guaranteed health care coverage when on leave
- Read SB 299
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- Learn more about the California Disability Insurance and Paid Family Leave programs.
