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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S2638
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S2638 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S2638 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2638 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the labor law, in relation to leave for organ or bone marrow donation granted to state employees PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To extend the scope of Chapter 214 of the Laws of 2001 to include state workers who made an organ or bone marrow donation up to one year prior to August 29, 2001. SUMMARY SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 202-b of the Labor Law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4. The provision requires retroactive eligibility for up to one year prior within the context of the section, which permits state employees to take up to seven days paid leave for bone marrow donation and 30 days paid leave for organ donation. JUSTIFICATION : Last year, the Governor signed legislation into law permitting state employees to take up to seven days paid leave for bone marrow donation and 30 days paid leave for organ donation. Upon learning of the probability that such legislation would be proposed and favorably considered, many state workers who were already scheduled for such transplants expressed a desire to postpone the procedure in order to receive this benefit, but could not due to the severity of their loved
2009-S2638 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2638 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 25, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to leave for organ or bone marrow donation granted to state employees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 202-b of the labor law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY RETROACTIVELY TO ANY EMPLOYEE THAT HAS MADE A BONE MARROW OR ORGAN DONATION NO MORE THAN ONE YEAR PRIOR TO AUGUST TWENTY-NINTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to be in full force and effect as of August 29, 2001. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00694-01-9
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