FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT BECOMES LAW

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NO COST COVID-19 DIAGNOSTICS
“ALL private individual and group health insurance providers…to cover COVID-19 diagnostic testing at no cost to the insured”
“Uninsured individuals can access testing at no cost.”

TWO WEEKS PAID SICK LEAVE
“Covered employers with fewer than 500 employees will have to provide employees unable to work or telework due to reasons related to COVID-19 with two weeks of paid sick-leave related to coronavirus…. in addition to any sick leave the employer already provides”
“part-time employees are also eligible for emergency paid sick leave—in this case, prorated based on the individual’s regularly scheduled hours.”
“these amounts are reimbursable [to employers] through a 100% refundable tax credit against each employer’s portion of Social Security taxes”

NEW QUALIFYING EVENT FOR Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
“FMLA will apply if an employee is unable to work or telework due to a need to care for a child(ren) under age 18 who cannot attend school or childcare due to coronavirus-related closures.”

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
“states are required to relax their eligibility criteria”

https://www.ktbsonline.com/content/upload/email-blast-tools/KMS_Alert_Coronavirus_Act.pdf