What's happening
This bill makes state employee leave for organ or bone marrow donation retroactive to donations made up to one year before August 29, 2001.
Why it matters
Expands eligibility for paid leave to employees who donated organs or bone marrow up to a year before August 29, 2001. , potentially allowing individuals who missed out on benefits due to the original law’s timing to claim leave retroactively.
Addresses fairness for early donors. by recognizing the contributions of those who donated before the law took effect, acknowledging their sacrifice and ensuring they are not disadvantaged compared to later donors.
May result in retroactive claims for leave or compensation. , requiring state agencies to review past cases and potentially adjust leave balances or provide back pay, which could have administrative and financial implications for state government.
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Grant Leave for Donors
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- Referred to labor
- Referred to labor
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STATE OF NEW YORK
11
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to leave for organ or bone marrow donation granted to state employees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 202-b of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. The provisions of this section shall apply retroactively to any employee that has made a bone marrow or organ donation no more than one year prior to August twenty-ninth, two thousand one.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after August 29, 2001.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01326-01-7
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