Public Act 098-0758
Public Act 0758 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 098-0758
| | SB2769 Enrolled | LRB098 17669 OMW 52783 b |
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| AN ACT concerning government.
| 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, 10, and 20 as follows:
| (5 ILCS 327/5)
| Sec. 5. Purpose. This Act is intended to provide time off | with pay for
State
employees who donate an organ, bone marrow, | or blood, or blood platelets.
| (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, or boards of election | commissioners.
| "Blood" means both the liquid that circulates in the | arteries and veins of a human body and any cells or parts | thereof, including, but not limited to, whole blood, plasma, | red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. | "Department" means the Department of Central Management | Services.
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| "Organ" means any biological tissue of the human body that | may be donated by a living donor, including, but not limited | to, the kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, intestine, bone, and | skin or any subpart thereof. | "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, or blood, or blood platelets.
| (Source: P.A. 92-754, eff. 1-1-03.)
| (5 ILCS 327/20)
| Sec. 20. Administration of Act.
| (a) A On request, a participating employee subject to this | Act who wishes to donate blood, an organ, or bone marrow shall | request in advance leave under this Act may be
entitled to | organ donation leave with pay.
| (b) An employee may use
(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 or more
| to donate blood every 56 days, (iv) up to 1.5 hours to donate | double red cells, and (v) (iv) up to 2 hours
or more to donate | blood platelets. The frequency of the blood donation times | shall be set by rule in accordance with appropriate medical | standards
established by the American Red Cross, America's | Blood Centers, the American Association of Blood Banks, or
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| other nationally-recognized standards.
Leave under item (iv) | may not be granted more than 24 times in a
12-month period.
| (c) An employee may use organ donation leave or other leave | authorized in
subsection (b) of this Section only after | obtaining approval
from the employee's agency.
| (d) An employee may not be required to use accumulated sick | or vacation
leave time before being eligible for organ donor | leave.
| (e) The Department must adopt rules governing organ | donation leave,
including rules that (i) establish conditions | and procedures for requesting
and approving leave and (ii) | require medical documentation of the proposed
organ or
bone | marrow donation before leave is approved by the employing | agency.
| (Source: P.A. 94-33, eff. 1-1-06; 95-354, eff. 1-1-08.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law. |
Effective Date: 7/16/2014
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