Bill Text: NY A09366 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants excused leave to public officers, employees of the state, county, municipality or school district to undertake screening for cancer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-10 - reported referred to ways and means [A09366 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09366-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9366
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 23, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, COLTON, SCHIMEL,
         MOSLEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CERETTO,  SKARTADOS  --  read
         once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil service law, in relation to directing the
         granting of excused leave to public officers and public  employees  to
         undertake  cancer screenings; and to repeal certain provisions of such
         law relating thereto
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 159-b of the civil service law, as amended by chap-
    2  ter  566 of the laws of 2006, subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by chapter
    3  391 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
    4    S 159-b. Excused leave to undertake a screening for  [breast]  cancer.
    5  1.   Every public officer, employee of this state, employee of any coun-
    6  ty, employee of any community college, employee of any public authority,
    7  employee of any public benefit corporation, employee  of  any  board  of
    8  cooperative  educational  services  (BOCES),  employee of any vocational
    9  education and extension  board,  or  a  school  district  enumerated  in
   10  section  one  of  chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen
   11  hundred sixty-seven, employee  of  any  municipality,  employee  of  any
   12  school  district  or any employee of a participating employer in the New
   13  York state and local employees' retirement system or any employee  of  a
   14  participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system
   15  shall  be  entitled  to absent himself or herself and shall be deemed to
   16  have a paid leave of absence from his or her duties or service  as  such
   17  public  officer  or  employee  of  this  state,  employee of any county,
   18  employee of any community college, employee  of  any  public  authority,
   19  employee  of  any  public  benefit corporation, employee of any board of
   20  cooperative educational services (BOCES),  employee  of  any  vocational
   21  education  and  extension  board,  or  a  school  district enumerated in
   22  section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of the  laws  of  nineteen
   23  hundred  sixty-seven,  employee  of  any  municipality,  employee of any
   24  school district, or any employee of a participating employer in the  New
   25  York  state  and local employees' retirement system or any employee of a
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14702-01-4
       A. 9366                             2
    1  participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system
    2  for a sufficient period of time, not to exceed  four  hours  PER  CANCER
    3  SCREENING  TYPE,  OR  THE  CUMULATIVE  EQUIVALENT OF TWO FULL-TIME DAYS,
    4  WHICHEVER  IS  LESS  on  an  annual  basis, to undertake a screening for
    5  [breast] cancer.
    6    2. The entire period of the leave of absence granted pursuant to  this
    7  section  shall  be  excused  leave  and shall not be charged against any
    8  other leave such public officer, employee of this state, employee of any
    9  county, employee of  any  community  college,  employee  of  any  public
   10  authority,  employee  of any public benefit corporation, employee of any
   11  board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), employee of any voca-
   12  tional education and extension board, or a school district enumerated in
   13  section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of the  laws  of  nineteen
   14  hundred  sixty-seven,  employee  of  any  municipality,  employee of any
   15  school district or any employee of a participating employer in  the  New
   16  York  state  and local employees' retirement system or any employee of a
   17  participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system
   18  is otherwise entitled to.   PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  AN  EMPLOYER  MAY
   19  RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THAT ALL EMPLOYEES PROVIDE A WRITTEN REFER-
   20  RAL FROM A PHYSICIAN OR OTHER DULY AUTHORIZED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
   21    [3.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee of
   22  a city having a population of one million or more.]
   23    S 2. Section 159-c of the civil service law is REPEALED.
   24    S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   25  have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
   26  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
   27  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
   28  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.