Bill Text: NY S01435 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides authority for state employees to be excused from work without loss of compensation for up to three hours to donate blood; permits supervisor to require proof of such donation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S01435 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01435-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1435
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 2, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  DILAN,  ADAMS,  BRESLIN,  DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON,
         KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, ONORATO, PARKER, SAMPSON,  SAVINO,  SCHNEIDERMAN,
         STAVISKY  --  read  twice  and ordered printed, and when printed to be
         committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations
       AN ACT to amend the public  officers  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 ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new  section
    2  71-a to read as follows:
    3    S  71-A.  EMPLOYEES  OF THE STATE; BLOOD DONATIONS; TIME EXCUSED.  THE
    4  EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF EVERY PUBLIC DEPARTMENT,  BUREAU,  COMMISSION,  OR
    5  BOARD  OF THE STATE ARE AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO GRANT TO ANY EMPLOY-
    6  EES UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION A PERIOD OF EXCUSED TIME NOT TO EXCEED THREE
    7  HOURS FOR THE PURPOSES OF DONATING  BLOOD.  A  SUPERVISOR  OF  ANY  SUCH
    8  EMPLOYEE  MAY  REQUIRE  THE  EMPLOYEES TO PROVIDE WRITTEN SUBSTANTIATION
    9  FROM A DONATION CENTER OR ENTITY COORDINATING DONATIONS THAT THE EMPLOY-
   10  EE ACTUALLY DONATED BLOOD DURING  THE  EXCUSED  ABSENCE.  SAID  EMPLOYEE
   11  SHALL  NOT  BE  ALLOWED TO BE SUBJECT TO A LOSS OF COMPENSATION FOR SUCH
   12  PERIOD OF EXCUSED TIME.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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