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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4687
Introduced 02/04/04, by Marlow H. Colvin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Organ Donor Leave Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the administration of the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4687 |
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LRB093 18153 JAM 43846 b |
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| AN ACT concerning organ donors.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Organ Donor Leave Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 20 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 327/20)
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| Sec. 20. Administration of Act.
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| (a) Upon
On request, a participating employee subject to |
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| this Act may be
entitled to organ donation leave with pay.
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| (b) An employee may use
(i) up to 30 days of organ donation |
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| leave in any 12-month period to serve
as a bone marrow donor,
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| (ii) up to 30 days of organ donation leave in any 12-month |
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| period to
serve
as an organ donor,
(iii) up to one hour to |
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| donate blood every 56 days, and (iv) up to 2 hours
to donate |
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| blood platelets in accordance with appropriate medical |
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| standards
established by the American Red Cross or other |
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| nationally-recognized standards.
Leave under item (iv) may not |
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| be granted more than 24 times in a
12-month period.
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| (c) An employee may use organ donation leave or other leave |
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| authorized in
subsection (b) of this Section only after |
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| obtaining approval
from the employee's agency.
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| (d) An employee may not be required to use accumulated sick |
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| or vacation
leave time before being eligible for organ donor |
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| leave.
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| (e) The Department must adopt rules governing organ |
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| donation leave,
including rules that (i) establish conditions |
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| and procedures for requesting
and approving leave and (ii) |
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| require medical documentation of the proposed
organ or
bone |
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| marrow donation before leave is approved by the employing |
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| agency.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-754, eff. 1-1-03.)
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