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 1        AN ACT concerning organ donation.

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

 4        Section  1.  Short  title.   This Act may be cited as the
 5    Organ Donor Leave Act.

 6        Section 5.  Purpose.  This Act  is  intended  to  provide
 7    time  off with pay for State employees who donate an organ or
 8    bone marrow.

 9        Section 10.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
10        "Agency" means any branch, department, board,  committee,
11    or commission of State government, but does not include units
12    of  local government, school districts, or boards of election
13    commissioners.
14        "Department" means the Department of  Central  Management
15    Services.
16        "Participating  employee"  means a permanent full-time or
17    part-time employee who has been employed by an agency  for  a
18    period  of  6 months or more and who donates an organ or bone
19    marrow.

20        Section 20.  Administration of Act.
21        (a)  On request, a participating employee subject to this
22    Act may be entitled to organ donation leave with pay.
23        (b)  An employee may use  (i)  up  to  7  days  of  organ
24    donation  leave  in  any  12-month  period to serve as a bone
25    marrow donor and (ii) up to 30 days of organ  donation  leave
26    in any 12-month period to serve as an organ donor.
27        (c)  An  employee may use organ donation leave only after
28    obtaining approval from the employee's agency.
29        (d)  An employee may not be required to  use  accumulated
 
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 1    sick  or  vacation leave time before being eligible for organ
 2    donor leave.
 3        (e)  The Department  must  adopt  rules  governing  organ
 4    donation leave, including rules that (i) establish conditions
 5    and  procedures  for  requesting and approving leave and (ii)
 6    require medical documentation of the proposed organ  or  bone
 7    marrow  donation  before  leave  is approved by the employing
 8    agency.

 9        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
10    January 1, 2003.

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