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                                   6694
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law and the labor law, in relation  to
   excused leave for certain purposes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 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:
   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
 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

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

                                                            LBD10493-01-1

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 for a sufficient period of time, not to exceed four hours on  an  annual
 basis, to undertake a screening for cancer.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO ANY TEACHER, OR
 FULL-TIME  EDUCATOR,  WHO  WORKS  LESS THAN A FULL YEAR OR THREE HUNDRED
 SIXTY-FIVE CALENDAR DAY YEAR.
   2. The entire period of the leave of absence granted pursuant to  this
 section  shall  be  excused  leave  and shall not be charged against any
 other leave OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO BY such 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  corpo-
 ration,  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  [is  otherwise  entitled to]
 PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT ANY TEACHER, OR FULL-TIME  EDUCATOR  REQUIRED  TO
 WORK  A FULL-YEAR OR THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE CALENDAR DAY YEAR SHALL BE
 ENTITLED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. Section 202-j of the labor law is amended by adding a new  subdi-
 vision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THE LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY TEACHER, OR FULL-TIME EDUCATOR WHO
 IS NOT REQUIRED TO WORK A FULL-YEAR OR THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE CALENDAR
 DAY YEAR.
   § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.