What's happening
This bill allows New York State employees up to four hours of paid leave annually to donate blood.
Why it matters
Encourages blood donation by removing a potential barrier for state employees. , making it easier for them to participate in life-saving activities without sacrificing personal or vacation time.
Establishes a clear, standardized policy across all New York State agencies. , ensuring fairness and consistency in how blood donation leave is administered.
Allows supervisors to require proof of blood donation. , helping to prevent abuse of the paid leave and ensuring that the policy is used as intended.
Could help increase the blood supply in New York. , as more employees might be motivated to donate knowing they won’t lose pay or need to use other leave entitlements.
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Paid Leave for Blood Donation
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3 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Committed to governmental employees
- Referred to ways and means
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to governmental employees
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Excused Absence for Blood Donation
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor James Sanders Jr.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3246
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, COLTON, AUBRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to permitting employees of the state to be excused from work to donate blood
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 159-d to read as follows:
§ 159-d. Excused leave to donate blood. 1. Every public officer or employee of this state shall be entitled to absent himself or herself and shall be deemed to have a leave of absence from his or her duties or service as such public officer or employee of this state, for a sufficient period of time, not to exceed four hours on an annual basis, to donate blood.
2. A supervisor of any such public officer or employee may require the public officer or employee to provide written substantiation from a donation center or entity coordinating donations that the public officer or employee actually donated blood during the excused absence.
3. 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 such public officer or employee of this state is otherwise entitled to.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00747-01-9
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