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Public Act 103-0450
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AN ACT concerning employment.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Employee Blood Donation Leave Act is |
amended by changing Sections 1, 3, 5, and 10 as follows:
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(820 ILCS 149/1)
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Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Employee |
Blood and Organ Donation Leave Act.
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(Source: P.A. 94-33, eff. 1-1-06.)
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(820 ILCS 149/3)
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Sec. 3. Purpose. This Act is intended to provide time off |
with pay to allow employees of units of local government, |
boards of election commissioners, or private employers in the |
State of Illinois to donate blood or an organ.
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(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
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(820 ILCS 149/5)
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Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
"Employer" means any unit of local government, board of |
election commissioners, or any private employer in the State |
who has 51 or more employees.
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"Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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"Organ" means any biological tissue of the human body that |
may be donated by a living donor, including, but not limited |
to, the kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, intestine, bone, and |
skin or any subpart thereof. |
"Participating employee" means a full-time employee who |
has been employed by an employer for a period of 6 months or |
more and who donates blood or an organ.
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(Source: P.A. 94-33, eff. 1-1-06.)
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(820 ILCS 149/10)
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Sec. 10. Paid leave for blood donation; administration. |
(a) On request, a participating employee subject to this |
Act may be
entitled to blood donation leave with pay to donate |
blood or an organ. |
(b) An employee may use
up to one hour, or more if |
authorized by the employer or a collective bargaining |
agreement, to donate blood every 56 days in accordance with |
appropriate medical standards
established by the American Red |
Cross, America's Blood Centers, the American Association of |
Blood Banks, or other nationally recognized standards. |
(b-5) An employee may use up to 10 days of leave in any |
12-month period to serve as an organ donor. |
(c) A participating employee may use the leave authorized |
in
subsection (b) or (b-5) of this Section only after |
obtaining approval
from the employer.
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(d) The Department must adopt rules governing blood |