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S06835 Summary:

BILL NO	S06835
SAME AS	SAME AS A03246
SPONSOR	SANDERS
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §159-d, Civ Serv L
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.

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S06835 Actions:

BILL NO	S06835
11/08/2019	REFERRED TO RULES
01/08/2020	REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
02/26/2020	1ST REPORT CAL.502
02/27/2020	2ND REPORT CAL.
03/02/2020	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
12/28/2020	COMMITTED TO RULES

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S06835 Committee Votes:

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S06835 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6835
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    November 8, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD00747-01-9

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