Assembly Bill A9941

                            
 
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                                   9941
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2020
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to allowing  a  leave
   of absence to employees for human immunodeficiency virus screening
 
   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, as amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2017,
 are amended to read as follows:
   Excused leave to undertake a screening for cancer OR THE HUMAN IMMUNO-
 DEFICIENCY VIRUS. 1. Every  public  officer,  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 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 voca-
 tional 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD15413-01-0

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 basis, to undertake a screening for cancer  OR THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIEN-
 CY VIRUS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.