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<br /> <br /> 57 <br />June 2025 <br />236096v1 <br />• A covered military member’s active duty or call to duty or to care for a covered <br />military member (Military Caregiver and Qualified Exigency Leave) (described <br />below). <br /> <br />(c) Definitions <br />• “Spouse” does not include domestic partners or common-law spouses. <br /> <br />• “Caring for” a covered family member includes psychological as well as <br />physical care. It also includes acquiring care and sharing care duties. An eligible <br />“child,” with some exceptions, is under 18 years of age. <br /> <br />• An eligible “parent” includes a biological parent or a person who stood in the <br />place of a parent. <br /> <br />• “Serious Health Condition” means an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or <br />mental condition that involves one of the following: <br />o Hospital Care: Any period of incapacity or treatment connected with <br />inpatient care (i.e., an overnight stay) in a hospital, hospice, or residential <br />medical care facility; <br />o Pregnancy: Any period of incapacity due to pregnancy, prenatal medical care <br />or childbirth; <br />o Absence Plus Treatment: A period of incapacity of more than three <br />consecutive calendar days that also involves continuing treatment by or under <br />the supervision of a health care provider. <br />o Chronic Conditions Requiring Treatments: An incapacity from a chronic <br />condition which requires periodic visits for treatment by a health care <br />provider, continues over an extended period of time, and may cause episodic <br />rather than a continuing period of incapacity; <br />o Permanent/Long-Term Conditions Requiring Supervision <br />o Multiple Treatments: Any period of absence to receive multiple treatments <br />(including any period of recovery therefrom) by a health care provider or by a <br />provider of health care services under orders of, or on referral by, a health care <br />provider. <br /> <br />(d) Length and Amount of Leave <br />The length of FMLA leave is not to exceed twelve (12) weeks in any twelve (12) month <br />period. The leave year is calculated based on a 12-month period measured forward. <br /> <br /> (Example: Lucia takes FMLA leave for the first time on November 6th. She may use up <br />to 12 workweeks of leave during the 12-month period that begins November 6th and ends <br />November 5th of the next year. <br /> <br />The entitlement to FMLA leave for the birth or placement of a child for adoption expires <br />twelve (12) months after the birth or placement of that child. See also Section 56, <br />Parenting Leave, below. <br /> <br />124