SB1659 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1659

Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Bill Brady

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

5 ILCS 327/5
5 ILCS 327/10
5 ILCS 327/25 new

Amends the Organ Donor Leave Act. Provides that units of local government, school districts, and boards of election commissioners must provide the same leave benefits to their employees as those now provided to State employees. Provides that private employers with 51 or more full-time employees must grant similar leave to their employees, but it need not be with pay. Effective January 1, 2008.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning organ donor leave.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Organ Donor Leave Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 and by adding Section 25 as follows:

(5 ILCS 327/5)

Sec. 5. Purpose. This Act is intended to provide time off with pay for public State employees who donate an organ, bone marrow, blood, or blood platelets and to provide time off without pay for employees working for private employers.

(Source: P.A. 92-754, eff. 1-1-03.)

(5 ILCS 327/10)

Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Agency" means any branch, department, board, committee, or commission of State government, but does not include units of local government, school districts, and or boards of election commissioners.

"Department" means the Department of Central Management Services.

"Participating employee" means a permanent full-time or part-time employee who has been employed by an agency for a period of 6 months or more and who donates an organ, bone marrow, blood, or blood platelets.

"Private employer" means any non-governmental employer with 51 or more full-time employees.

(Source: P.A. 92-754, eff. 1-1-03.)

(5 ILCS 327/25 new)

Sec. 25. Leave for employees of private employers.

(a) A private employer must grant an employee leave of (i) up to 30 days of organ donation leave in any 12-month period to serve as a bone marrow donor, (ii) up to 30 days of organ donation leave in any 12-month period to serve as an organ donor, (iii) up to one hour to donate blood every 56 days, and (iv) up to 2 hours to donate blood platelets in accordance with appropriate medical standards established by the American Red Cross, American's Blood Centers, or the American Association of Blood Banks or other nationally recognized standards. Leave under item (iv) may not be granted more than 24 times in a 12-month period.

(b) An employee of a private employer may use leave authorized in subsection (a) of this Section only after obtaining approval from his or her employer.

(c) A private employer may require the employee to exhaust all sick leave, disability leave, accrued vacation leave, personal leave, compensatory leave, and any other leave that may be granted to the employee. Before arranging any leave authorized in subsection (a) of this Section, the employee shall provide the private employer with a written request for leave at least 7 days in advance of the time the employee is required to use his or her leave. In emergency situations, no more than 24 hours notice shall be required. The employee must consult with the employer to schedule the leave so as not to unduly disrupt the operations of the employer.

(d) Nothing in this Section requires that the leave be paid by a private employer.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2008.