STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

6835

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

November 8, 2019 ___________

Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to permitting employ- ees 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 civil service law is amended by adding a new section 2 159-d to read as follows: 3 § 159-d. Excused leave to donate blood. 1. Every public officer or 4 employee of this state shall be entitled to absent himself or herself 5 and shall be deemed to have a leave of absence from his or her duties or 6 service as such public officer or employee of this state, for a suffi- 7 cient period of time, not to exceed four hours on an annual basis, to 8 donate blood. 9 2. A supervisor of any such public officer or employee may require the 10 public officer or employee to provide written substantiation from a 11 donation center or entity coordinating donations that the public officer 12 or employee actually donated blood during the excused absence. 13 3. The entire period of the leave of absence granted pursuant to this 14 section shall be excused leave and shall not be charged against any 15 other leave such public officer or employee of this state is otherwise 16 entitled to. 17 § 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