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| 1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Organ Donor Leave Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Sections 10 and 20 as follows:
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| 6 | (5 ILCS 327/10)
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| 7 | Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| 8 | "Agency" means any branch, department, board, committee, | ||||||
| 9 | or commission of
State government, but does not include units | ||||||
| 10 | of local government, school
districts, or boards of election | ||||||
| 11 | commissioners.
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| 12 | "Blood" means both the liquid that circulates in the | ||||||
| 13 | arteries and veins of a human body and any cells or parts | ||||||
| 14 | thereof, including but not limited to whole blood, plasma, red | ||||||
| 15 | blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. | ||||||
| 16 | "Department" means the Department of Central Management | ||||||
| 17 | Services.
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| 18 | "Participating employee" means a permanent full-time or | ||||||
| 19 | part-time employee
who has
been employed by an agency for a | ||||||
| 20 | period of 6 months or more and who donates an
organ, bone | ||||||
| 21 | marrow, blood, or blood platelets.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 92-754, eff. 1-1-03.)
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| 1 | (5 ILCS 327/20)
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| 2 | Sec. 20. Administration of Act.
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| 3 | (a) On request, a participating employee subject to this | ||||||
| 4 | Act may be
entitled to organ donation leave with pay.
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| 5 | (b) An employee may use
(i) up to 30 days of organ donation | ||||||
| 6 | leave in any 12-month period to serve
as a bone marrow donor,
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| 7 | (ii) up to 30 days of organ donation leave in any 12-month | ||||||
| 8 | period to
serve
as an organ donor,
(iii) up to one hour or more
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| 9 | to donate blood every 56 days, and (iv) up to 2 hours
or more to | ||||||
| 10 | donate blood platelets in accordance with appropriate medical | ||||||
| 11 | standards
established by the American Red Cross, America's | ||||||
| 12 | Blood Centers, the American Association of Blood Banks, or
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| 13 | other nationally-recognized standards.
Leave under item (iv) | ||||||
| 14 | may not be granted more than 24 times in a
12-month period.
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| 15 | (c) An employee may use organ donation leave or other leave | ||||||
| 16 | authorized in
subsection (b) of this Section only after | ||||||
| 17 | obtaining approval
from the employee's agency.
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| 18 | (d) An employee may not be required to use accumulated sick | ||||||
| 19 | or vacation
leave time before being eligible for organ donor | ||||||
| 20 | leave.
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| 21 | (e) The Department must adopt rules governing organ | ||||||
| 22 | donation leave,
including rules that (i) establish conditions | ||||||
| 23 | and procedures for requesting
and approving leave and (ii) | ||||||
| 24 | require medical documentation of the proposed
organ, blood, or
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| 25 | bone marrow donation before leave is approved by the employing | ||||||
| 26 | agency.
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 94-33, eff. 1-1-06; 95-354, eff. 1-1-08.)
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| 2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 3 | becoming law.
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