<P> The Healthy Families Act would allow an additional 30 million workers to have access to paid sick leave from their jobs, including 15 million low - wage workers and 13 million women workers . If the bill were to become law, 90 percent of all American workers would have access to paid sick days (up from 61 percent currently). </P> <P> A version of the bill was first introduced in 2004 . Each session, it has gained support inside and outside of Congress . Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Senator Edward Kennedy reintroduced the Healthy Families Act in the 111th Congress in May 2009 . After Senator Kennedy's death, Senator Chris Dodd became the lead Senate sponsor of the Healthy Families Act . The bill currently has 125 co-sponsors in the House and 24 in the Senate . </P> <P> The Healthy Families Act was the subject of three hearings in the 111th United States Congress: </P> <Ul> <Li> House Education and Labor Committee's Workforce Protections Subcommittee hearing on the Healthy Families Act on June 11, 2009 . </Li> <Li> Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Subcommittee on Children and Families hearing, "The Cost of Being Sick: H1N1 and Paid Sick Days," on November 10, 2009 . </Li> <Li> House Education and Labor Committee hearing, "Protecting Employees, Employers and the Public: H1N1 and Sick Leave Policies," on November 17, 2009 . </Li> </Ul>

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