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                                   5669
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 24, 2017
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 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 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,
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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.
   §  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.