Bill Text: NY A09941 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows leave of absence to employees for human immunodeficiency virus screening.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-27 - referred to governmental employees [A09941 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09941-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9941

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 27, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Employees

        AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to allowing  a  leave
          of absence to employees for human immunodeficiency virus screening

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section  159-b  of
     2  the  civil  service  law, as amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2017,
     3  are amended to read as follows:
     4    Excused leave to undertake a screening for cancer or the human immuno-
     5  deficiency virus. 1. Every  public  officer,  employee  of  this  state,
     6  employee  of  any county, employee of any community college, employee of
     7  any public  authority,  employee  of  any  public  benefit  corporation,
     8  employee  of  any  board  of  cooperative  educational services (BOCES),
     9  employee of any vocational education and extension board,  or  a  school
    10  district  enumerated in section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of
    11  the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, employee of any  municipality,
    12  employee  of  any  school  district  or  any employee of a participating
    13  employer in the New York state and local employees' retirement system or
    14  any employee of a participating employer in the New York state teachers'
    15  retirement system shall be entitled to absent  himself  or  herself  and
    16  shall  be  deemed to have a paid leave of absence from his or her duties
    17  or service as such public officer or employee of this state, employee of
    18  any county, employee of any community college, employee  of  any  public
    19  authority,  employee  of any public benefit corporation, employee of any
    20  board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), employee of any voca-
    21  tional education and extension board, or a school district enumerated in
    22  section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of the  laws  of  nineteen
    23  hundred  sixty-seven,  employee  of  any  municipality,  employee of any
    24  school district, or any employee of a participating employer in the  New
    25  York  state  and local employees' retirement system or any employee of a
    26  participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system
    27  for a sufficient period of time, not to exceed four hours on  an  annual

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  basis, to undertake a screening for cancer  or the human immunodeficien-
     2  cy virus.
     3    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law.