Sec. 403. Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave
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There is established within the Social Security Administration an office to be known as the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave. The Office shall be headed by a Deputy Commissioner who shall be appointed by the Commissioner. The Commissioner, acting through the Deputy Commissioner, shall be responsible for— hiring personnel and making employment decisions with regard to such personnel; issuing such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title; entering into cooperative agreements with other agencies and departments to ensure the efficiency of the administration of the program; determining eligibility for family and medical leave insurance benefits under section 404; determining benefit amounts for each month of such eligibility and making timely payments of such benefits to entitled individuals in accordance with such section; establishing and maintaining a system of records relating to the administration of such section; preventing fraud and abuse relating to such benefits; providing information on request regarding eligibility requirements, the claims process, benefit amounts, maximum benefits payable, notice requirements, nondiscrimination rights, confidentiality, coordination of leave under this title and other laws, collective bargaining agreements, and employer policies; annually providing employers a notice informing employees of the availability of such benefits; annually making available to the public a report that includes the number of individuals who received such benefits, the purposes for which such benefits were received, and an analysis of utilization rates of such benefits by gender, race, ethnicity, and income levels; and tailoring culturally and linguistically competent education and outreach toward increasing utilization rates of benefits under such section.
The Commissioner shall make available to the Deputy Commissioner such data as the Commissioner determines necessary to enable the Deputy Commissioner to effectively carry out the responsibilities described in subsection (b).