What's happening
This bill retroactively extends state employee leave benefits for organ or bone marrow donation to donations made up to a year before August 29, 2001.
Why it matters
Eligible state employees who donated an organ or bone marrow up to a year before August 29, 2001, can now claim leave benefits retroactively. , which may allow some employees to receive compensation or credited leave they previously missed.
This retroactive application could help address past inequities for donors who were not covered under the original law. , recognizing the sacrifices made by early organ and bone marrow donors.
By setting a specific cutoff period (one year prior to August 29, 2001), the bill defines clear eligibility and limits administrative complexity. , potentially making it easier for agencies to process these retroactive benefits.
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Paid Leave for Organ Donors
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Sponsors
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History
- Referred to labor
- Referred to labor
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
246
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
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.
LBD00005-01-9
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