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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4742 Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Employee Blood and Organ Donation Leave Act. Provides that an employee or part-time employee (rather than an employee) may use up to 10 days of leave in any 12-month period to serve as an organ donor. |
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| | HB4742 | | LRB103 39281 SPS 69435 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Employee Blood and Organ Donation Leave Act |
| 5 | | is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (820 ILCS 149/10) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Paid leave for blood donation; administration. |
| 8 | | (a) On request, a participating employee subject to this |
| 9 | | Act may be entitled to leave with pay to donate blood or an |
| 10 | | organ. |
| 11 | | (b) An employee may use up to one hour, or more if |
| 12 | | authorized by the employer or a collective bargaining |
| 13 | | agreement, to donate blood every 56 days in accordance with |
| 14 | | appropriate medical standards established by the American Red |
| 15 | | Cross, America's Blood Centers, the American Association of |
| 16 | | Blood Banks, or other nationally recognized standards. |
| 17 | | (b-5) An employee or part-time employee may use up to 10 |
| 18 | | days of leave in any 12-month period to serve as an organ |
| 19 | | donor. |
| 20 | | (c) A participating employee may use the leave authorized |
| 21 | | in subsection (b) or (b-5) of this Section only after |
| 22 | | obtaining approval from the employer. |
| 23 | | (d) The Department must adopt rules governing leave taken |