TN HB0915

Eligible state employees with 12+ consecutive months of full-time employment receive 6 workweeks of paid leave for childbirth, adoption, or caring for a family member with a serious health condition involving hospice care

Employees must provide 30 days' notice, or as soon as reasonably possible if learning of the qualifying event less than 30 days in advance

Leave may be taken intermittently or on a reduced schedule consistent with federal FMLA provisions, and need not be consecutive

Family member is defined as child, spouse, parent, or grandchild (if grandparent has custody); maximum of 6 workweeks paid leave per 12-month period regardless of multiple qualifying events

Effective January 1, 2026; employees already caring for family members in hospice prior to that date may access remaining FMLA-equivalent leave under the new provisions