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Senate Bill S1435

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting excused absences of state employees for the purpose of donating blood

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2009-S1435 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Add §71-a, Pub Off L

2009-S1435 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides authority for state employees to be excused from work without loss of compensation for up to three hours to donate blood; permits supervisor to require proof of such donation.

2009-S1435 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1435 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1435

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  DILAN,  ADAMS,  BRESLIN,  DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON,
  KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, ONORATO, PARKER, SAMPSON,  SAVINO,  SCHNEIDERMAN,
  STAVISKY  --  read  twice  and ordered printed, and when printed to be
  committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations

AN ACT to amend the public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  permitting
  employees 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:

  Section 1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new  section
71-a to read as follows:
  S  71-A.  EMPLOYEES  OF THE STATE; BLOOD DONATIONS; TIME EXCUSED.  THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF EVERY PUBLIC DEPARTMENT,  BUREAU,  COMMISSION,  OR
BOARD  OF THE STATE ARE AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO GRANT TO ANY EMPLOY-
EES UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION A PERIOD OF EXCUSED TIME NOT TO EXCEED THREE
HOURS FOR THE PURPOSES OF DONATING  BLOOD.  A  SUPERVISOR  OF  ANY  SUCH
EMPLOYEE  MAY  REQUIRE  THE  EMPLOYEES TO PROVIDE WRITTEN SUBSTANTIATION
FROM A DONATION CENTER OR ENTITY COORDINATING DONATIONS THAT THE EMPLOY-
EE ACTUALLY DONATED BLOOD DURING  THE  EXCUSED  ABSENCE.  SAID  EMPLOYEE
SHALL  NOT  BE  ALLOWED TO BE SUBJECT TO A LOSS OF COMPENSATION FOR SUCH
PERIOD OF EXCUSED TIME.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02744-02-9

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