§ 23:341 — Application

§341. Application
A. The provisions of this Part shall apply only to an employer who employs more
than twenty-five employees within this state for each working day in each of twenty or more
calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year.
B.(1) For purposes of this Part, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions
are treated as any other temporary disability, except pregnancy-related conditions need not
meet any definition of disability for the purposes of R.S. 23:342.
(2) Nothing in this Part shall be construed to require an employer to provide his
employees with health insurance coverage for the medical costs of pregnancy, childbirth, or
related medical conditions. The inclusion in any such health insurance coverage of any
provisions or coverage relating to medical costs of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical
conditions shall not be construed to require the inclusion of any other provisions or coverage,
nor shall coverage of any related medical conditions be required by virtue of coverage of any
medical costs of pregnancy, childbirth, or other related medical conditions.
C. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the awarding of a contract or
subcontract for providing goods or services.
D. Nothing in this Part shall impair any obligation an employer may have under any
local ordinance or state or federal law or regulation.

Legislative History

Acts 1997, No. 1409, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 1366, §1; Acts 2021, No. 393, §1.