Assembly Bill A1165A

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 1165--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GIBSON,  CRESPO,  COLTON, CAHILL, STEVENSON,
  ROBERTS, ESPINAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  COOK,  HEASTIE  --
  read  once  and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil service law, in relation to directing the
  granting of excused leave to public officers  and  employees  of  this
  state to undertake screening for cervical cancer

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section  159-b  of
the  civil service law, the section heading as amended by chapter 566 of
the laws of 2006, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 391 of the laws of
2008, are amended to read as follows:
  Excused leave to undertake [a] screening for breast cancer AND  CERVI-
CAL CANCER.
  1. Every public officer, employee of this state, employee of any coun-
ty, employee of any community college, employee of any public authority,
employee  of  any  public  benefit corporation, employee of any board of
cooperative educational services (BOCES),  employee  of  any  vocational
education  and  extension  board,  or  a  school  district enumerated in
section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of the  laws  of  nineteen
hundred  sixty-seven,  employee  of  any  municipality,  employee of any
school district or any employee of a participating employer in  the  New
York  state  and local employees' retirement system or any employee of a
participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system
shall be entitled to absent himself or herself and shall  be  deemed  to
have  a  paid leave of absence from his or her duties or service as such
public officer or employee  of  this  state,  employee  of  any  county,
employee  of  any  community  college, employee of any public authority,

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

                                                           LBD01932-03-3

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employee of any public benefit corporation, employee  of  any  board  of
cooperative  educational  services  (BOCES),  employee of any vocational
education and extension  board,  or  a  school  district  enumerated  in
section  one  of  chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen
hundred sixty-seven, employee  of  any  municipality,  employee  of  any
school  district, or any employee of a participating employer in the New
York state and local employees' retirement system or any employee  of  a
participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system
for  a  sufficient period of time, not to exceed four hours on an annual
basis, to undertake a screening for breast cancer AND A SUFFICIENT PERI-
OD OF TIME, NOT TO EXCEED FOUR HOURS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, TO UNDERTAKE  A
SCREENING FOR CERVICAL CANCER.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
this  act  on  its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
and completed on or before such effective date.