Summary: Parental leave benefits. Creates a new programof parental leave benefits for full-time state employees with oneor more years of continuous employment with the Commonwealth who(i) are the biological parent of a child under one year of age or(ii) adopt a child under one year of age. The amount of leave wouldbe equivalent to the amount of paid leave awarded to an employeepursuant to short-term disability. The bill provides that if two employees are eligible for benefits for the same child, only one shallclaim benefits. The bill provides that if an employee is eligiblefor both parental leave and maternity leave for the same child, parentalleave covers the first six weeks of leave; thereafter, if the employeeprovides notification to her employer from her physician that sheis unable to return to work, she may receive short-term disabilitybenefits.