{"id":3012,"date":"2023-01-11T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T20:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/keiserarchive\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2023-01-11T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T20:41:23","slug":"keiser-bill-would-protect-employers-who-provide-reproductive-care-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/keiserarchive\/2023\/01\/11\/keiser-bill-would-protect-employers-who-provide-reproductive-care-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Keiser bill would protect employers who provide reproductive care benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OLYMPIA \u2013<\/strong> Employers in Washington state who provide reproductive health care benefits would gain recourse against penalties imposed by other states under legislation filed by <a href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/keiserarchive\/\">Sen. Karen Keiser<\/a> (D-Des Moines) and <a href=\"https:\/\/housedemocrats.wa.gov\/berry\/\">Rep. Liz Berry<\/a> (D-Seattle).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s radical decision to take away reproductive freedom, lawmakers and governors in other states are attempting to penalize employers who provide reproductive health care benefits,\u201d said Keiser, chair of the Senate Labor &amp; Commerce Committee. \u201cWhile we can\u2019t change those states\u2019 laws, we can provide employers who are simply providing reproductive health benefits with a way to protect the company from retaliation by creating a path to seek redress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5260&amp;Year=2023&amp;Initiative=false\">SB 5260<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=1286&amp;Year=2023&amp;Initiative=False\">HB 1286<\/a>), when an employer has a judgment entered against it in another state simply because it has provided support for reproductive health care services permitted under Washington law, the employer may recover damages here in Washington from the people who brought the action or sought to enforce the judgment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud that access to reproductive care is a fundamental right in the State of Washington,\u201d said Berry, chair of the House Labor &amp; Workplace Standards Committee. \u201cThis bill will rightly stand up against attempts by other states that target employers who provide critical reproductive health benefits all employees deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other legislation filed so far this year to protect reproductive freedoms includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/keiserarchive\/2022\/12\/22\/constitutional-amendment-filed-to-protect-reproductive-freedom-in-wa\/\">constitutional amendment<\/a> protecting the right to birth control and abortion, <a href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/cleveland\/2023\/01\/09\/bill-aims-to-eliminate-cost-sharing-for-patients-seeking-abortions\/\">a bill<\/a> that would eliminate cost-sharing for abortions, and <a href=\"https:\/\/housedemocrats.wa.gov\/slatter\/2023\/01\/10\/slatter-introduces-bill-to-protect-reproductive-health-data\/\">a bill<\/a> to protect sensitive health-related data. 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Liz Berry (D-Seattle). \u201cAfter the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s radical decision to take away reproductive freedom, lawmakers and governors in other states are attempting to penalize employers who provide reproductive health care benefits,\u201d said Keiser, chair of the Senate Labor &amp; Commerce Committee. \u201cWhile we can\u2019t change those states\u2019 laws, we can provide employers who are simply providing reproductive health benefits with a way to protect the company from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":3013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Keiser bill would protect employers who provide reproductive care benefits - Karen Keiser Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/keiserarchive\/2023\/01\/11\/keiser-bill-would-protect-employers-who-provide-reproductive-care-benefits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Keiser bill would protect employers who provide reproductive care benefits - Karen Keiser Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OLYMPIA \u2013 Employers in Washington state who provide reproductive health care benefits would gain recourse against penalties imposed by other states under legislation filed by Sen. 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