Bill Text: MO HB1913 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires an employer to permit a veteran receiving medical treatment or care at a veterans' facility or by order of the Veterans Administration to be given leave without pay to receive the treatment

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-11 - Public Hearing Completed (H) [HB1913 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2014-HB1913-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1913

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES WEBBER (Sponsor), DAVIS, RICHARDSON, TORPEY, CURTMAN, JONES (50) AND CONWAY (10) (Co-sponsors).

6048H.02I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 42, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to veterans’ employment leave.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 42, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 42.028, to read as follows:

            42.028. 1. Any veteran, national guard person, or reservist receiving medical treatment or care at a veterans’ facility or from another person or entity under an order of the Veterans Administration or other medical or health care professional may use annual or sick leave or shall, upon request, be given leave without pay from the veteran’s, national guard person’s, or reservist’s employer for the purpose of receiving the medical treatment or care. However, an employer cannot require a veteran to use more than one-half of any accumulated annual or sick leave before utilizing leave without pay.

            2. A veteran, national guard person, or reservist requesting leave without pay shall give the veteran’s, national guard person’s, or reservist’s employer sufficient notice of the treatment day or days and shall provide the employer proof of the required medical treatment or care at the employer’s request. The requirement to provide proof of any required medical treatment or care shall not be deemed a violation of the health insurance portability and accountability act.

            3. Veterans’, national guard persons’, or reservists’ rights under this section shall be posted at all national guard facilities, and the commission must provide a poster giving notice of this right to any employer who requests one.

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