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Labor Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Feb 24, 2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 324
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 324 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| Employee Blood Donation Leave Act.
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| Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
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| "Employer" means any unit of local government, board of |
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| election commissioners, or any private employer in the State |
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| who has 51 or more employees.
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| "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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| "Participating employee" means a full-time employee who |
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| has been employed by an employer for a period of 6 months or |
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| more and who donates blood.
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| Section 10. Paid leave for blood donation; administration. |
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| (a) On request, a participating employee subject to this |
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| Act may be
entitled to blood donation leave with pay. |
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| (b) An employee may use
up to one hour to donate blood |
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| every 56 days in accordance with appropriate medical standards
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| established by the American Red Cross, America's Blood Centers, |
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| the American Association of Blood Banks, or other nationally |
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| recognized standards. |
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| (c) A participating employee may use the leave authorized |
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| in
subsection (b) of this Section only after obtaining approval
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| from the employer.
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| (d) The Department must adopt rules governing blood |
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| donation leave,
including rules that (i) establish conditions |
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| and procedures for requesting
and approving leave and (ii) |
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| require medical documentation of the proposed
blood donation |
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| before leave is approved by the employer.
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| Section 15. The Organ Donor Leave Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 20 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 327/20)
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| Sec. 20. Administration of Act.
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| (a) On request, a participating employee subject to this |
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| Act may be
entitled to organ donation leave with pay.
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| (b) An employee may use
(i) up to 30 days of organ donation |
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| leave in any 12-month period to serve
as a bone marrow donor,
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| (ii) up to 30 days of organ donation leave in any 12-month |
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| period to
serve
as an organ donor,
(iii) up to one hour to |
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| donate blood every 56 days, and (iv) up to 2 hours
to donate |
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| blood platelets in accordance with appropriate medical |
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| standards
established by the American Red Cross, America's |
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| Blood Centers, the American Association of Blood Banks, or
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| other nationally-recognized standards.
Leave under item (iv) |
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| may not be granted more than 24 times in a
12-month period.
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| (c) An employee may use organ donation leave or other leave |
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| authorized in
subsection (b) of this Section only after |
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| obtaining approval
from the employee's agency.
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| (d) An employee may not be required to use accumulated sick |
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| or vacation
leave time before being eligible for organ donor |
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| leave.
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| (e) The Department must adopt rules governing organ |
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| donation leave,
including rules that (i) establish conditions |
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| and procedures for requesting
and approving leave and (ii) |
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| require medical documentation of the proposed
organ or
bone |