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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 5, 10, and 20 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 327/5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5. Purpose. This Act is intended to provide time off |
| 8 | | with pay for
State
employees who donate an organ, bone marrow, |
| 9 | | or blood, or blood platelets.
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| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 92-754, eff. 1-1-03.)
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| 11 | | (5 ILCS 327/10)
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| 12 | | Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| 13 | | "Agency" means any branch, department, board, committee, |
| 14 | | or commission of
State government, but does not include units |
| 15 | | of local government, school
districts, or boards of election |
| 16 | | commissioners.
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| 17 | | "Blood" means both the liquid that circulates in the |
| 18 | | arteries and veins of a human body and any cells or parts |
| 19 | | thereof, including, but not limited to, whole blood, plasma, |
| 20 | | red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. |
| 21 | | "Department" means the Department of Central Management |
| 22 | | Services.
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| 1 | | "Organ" means any biological tissue of the human body that |
| 2 | | may be donated by a living donor, including, but not limited |
| 3 | | to, the kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, intestine, bone, and |
| 4 | | skin or any subpart thereof. |
| 5 | | "Participating employee" means a permanent full-time or |
| 6 | | part-time employee
who has
been employed by an agency for a |
| 7 | | period of 6 months or more and who donates an
organ, bone |
| 8 | | marrow, or blood, or blood platelets.
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| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 92-754, eff. 1-1-03.)
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| 10 | | (5 ILCS 327/20)
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| 11 | | Sec. 20. Administration of Act.
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| 12 | | (a) A On request, a participating employee subject to this |
| 13 | | Act who wishes to donate blood, an organ, or bone marrow shall |
| 14 | | request in advance leave under this Act may be
entitled to |
| 15 | | organ donation leave with pay.
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| 16 | | (b) An employee may use
(i) up to 30 days of organ donation |
| 17 | | leave in any 12-month period to serve
as a bone marrow donor,
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| 18 | | (ii) up to 30 days of organ donation leave in any 12-month |
| 19 | | period to
serve
as an organ donor,
(iii) up to one hour or more
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| 20 | | to donate blood every 56 days, (iv) up to 1.5 hours to donate |
| 21 | | double red cells, and (v) (iv) up to 2 hours
or more to donate |
| 22 | | blood platelets. The frequency of the blood donation times |
| 23 | | shall be set by rule in accordance with appropriate medical |
| 24 | | standards
established by the American Red Cross, America's |
| 25 | | Blood Centers, the American Association of Blood Banks, or
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| 1 | | other nationally-recognized standards.
Leave under item (iv) |
| 2 | | may not be granted more than 24 times in a
12-month period.
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| 3 | | (c) An employee may use organ donation leave or other leave |
| 4 | | authorized in
subsection (b) of this Section only after |
| 5 | | obtaining approval
from the employee's agency.
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| 6 | | (d) An employee may not be required to use accumulated sick |
| 7 | | or vacation
leave time before being eligible for organ donor |
| 8 | | leave.
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| 9 | | (e) The Department must adopt rules governing organ |
| 10 | | donation leave,
including rules that (i) establish conditions |
| 11 | | and procedures for requesting
and approving leave and (ii) |
| 12 | | require medical documentation of the proposed
organ or
bone |
| 13 | | marrow donation before leave is approved by the employing |
| 14 | | agency.
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| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 94-33, eff. 1-1-06; 95-354, eff. 1-1-08.)
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| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 17 | | becoming law. |