Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Mar 10, 2010 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
Senate Bill S7077
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
- Introduced
-
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
-
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
-
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S7077 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S7077 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7077 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to leave for cancer screening; and repealing certain provisions of such law relating thereto PURPOSE : This bill provides New York State employees with a maximum of eight hours of excused leave annually to obtain a screening for cancer. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends section 159-b of the Civil Service Law providing excused leave to undertake a screening for cancer. The current law provides leave for breast cancer screening (159-b) and prostate cancer screening (159-c). This bill amends section 159-b to allow leave for screening for any type of cancer. It also increases the allowed leave to a maximum of eight fours from the current four hours. Repeals section 159-c of the civil service law which is redundant once this bill is adopted. JUSTIFICATION : Early detection of cancer is critical to treatment, survivorship and reduction of costs, but working men and women often lack the
2009-S7077 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7077 I N S E N A T E March 10, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to leave for cancer screening; and repealing certain provisions of such law relating ther- eto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 159-b of the civil service law, the section heading as amended by chapter 566 of the laws of 2006 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 391 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows: Excused leave to undertake a screening for [breast] cancer. 1. Every public officer, employee of this state, employee of any county, employee of any community college, employee of any public authority, employee of any public benefit corporation, employee of any board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), employee of any vocational education and extension board, or a school district enumerated in section one of chap- ter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, employee of any municipality, employee of any school district or any employee of a participating employer in the New York state and local employees' retirement system or any employee of a participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system shall be entitled to absent himself or herself and shall be deemed to have a paid leave of absence from his or her duties or service as such public officer or employee of this state, employee of any county, employee of any communi- ty college, employee of any public authority, employee of any public benefit corporation, employee of any board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), employee of any vocational education and extension board, or a school district enumerated in section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, employee of any municipality, employee of any school district, or any employee of a participating employer in the New York state and local employees' retirement system or any employee of a participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system for a sufficient period of time, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.