State of Illinois
Public Acts
92^nd General Assembly

Public Act 92-0754

HB5807 Enrolled                                LRB9213004AGcs

    AN ACT concerning organ donation.

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

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

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

    Section 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.
    "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.

    Section 20.  Administration of Act.
    (a)  On request, a participating employee subject to 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 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 or 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.

    Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
January 1, 2003.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 07, 2002.
    Approved August 02, 2002.
    Effective January 01, 2003.