Permits state employees to be excused from work without loss of compensation for up to four hours to donate blood; permits supervisor to require proof of such donation.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3246
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, COLTON, AUBRY -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. GALEF, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to permitting employ-
ees of the state to be excused from work to donate blood
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section
2 159-d to read as follows:
3 § 159-d. Excused leave to donate blood. 1. Every public officer or
4 employee of this state shall be entitled to absent himself or herself
5 and shall be deemed to have a leave of absence from his or her duties or
6 service as such public officer or employee of this state, for a suffi-
7 cient period of time, not to exceed four hours on an annual basis, to
8 donate blood.
9 2. A supervisor of any such public officer or employee may require the
10 public officer or employee to provide written substantiation from a
11 donation center or entity coordinating donations that the public officer
12 or employee actually donated blood during the excused absence.
13 3. The entire period of the leave of absence granted pursuant to this
14 section shall be excused leave and shall not be charged against any
15 other leave such public officer or employee of this state is otherwise
16 entitled to.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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