{"id":453,"date":"2025-02-25T16:39:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/otsa\/reasonforrequest\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T16:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:41:24","slug":"reasonforrequest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/otsa\/actmanagement\/reasonforrequest\/","title":{"rendered":"actmanagement\/reasonforrequest ~ Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n  \n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> \n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/actmanagement\/reasonforrequest.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]--><!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Office of the Secretary &#8211; 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Runs concurrent with FMLA and covers up to one work week pay for Bone Marrow and 30 calendar days for an Organ. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n\n     Employee Health Condition (not pregnancy-related) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n\n      I have another health condition (not pregnancy-related) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n\nOnly for the medical condition for the employee \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n\n      Child Bonding\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n\n     I need time to bond with a new child\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n\n      For both the parents of the child\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n\n    Child Placement\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n\n      I need time to complete an adoption or foster child placement\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n\n    For both the adoptive\/foster parents.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n\n     Other Person Health Condition\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n\n    I need time off because of someone elseO&#8217;s health condition\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n\n     For the employee to care for the Spouse, Child, parent of the employee; 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