Bill Text: IA SF336 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the blood, bone marrow, and living organ donation incentive program. (Formerly SSB 1132.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-10 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1054. [SF336 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF336-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
BLOOD,
BONE
MARROW,
AND
LIVING
ORGAN
DONATION
INCENTIVE
PROGRAM.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
70A.39,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
70A.39
Bone
Blood,
bone
marrow
,
and
living
organ
donation
incentive
program.
1.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section
:
a.
“Blood”
means
whole
blood,
power
red,
platelets,
or
plasma.
b.
“Bone
marrow”
means
the
soft
tissue
that
fills
human
bone
cavities.
Senate
File
336,
p.
2
b.
c.
“Vascular
organ”
“Living
organ”
means
a
heart,
lung,
liver,
pancreas,
kidney,
intestine,
or
other
organ
that
requires
the
continuous
circulation
of
blood
to
remain
useful
for
purposes
of
transplantation
one
of
two
kidneys,
one
of
two
lobes
of
a
liver,
a
lung
or
part
of
a
lung,
part
of
the
pancreas,
or
part
of
the
intestines
.
2.
Beginning
July
1,
2003,
state
State
employees,
excluding
employees
covered
under
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
which
provides
otherwise,
shall
be
granted
leaves
of
absence
in
accordance
with
the
following:
a.
A
leave
of
absence
of
up
to
five
workdays
for
an
employee
who
requests
a
leave
of
absence
to
serve
as
a
bone
marrow
donor
if
the
employee
provides
written
verification
from
the
employee’s
physician
or
the
hospital
involved
with
the
bone
marrow
donation
that
the
employee
will
serve
as
a
bone
marrow
donor.
b.
A
leave
of
absence
of
up
to
thirty
workdays
for
an
employee
who
requests
a
leave
of
absence
to
serve
as
a
vascular
living
organ
donor
if
the
employee
provides
written
verification
from
the
employee’s
physician
or
the
hospital
involved
with
the
vascular
living
organ
donation
that
the
employee
will
serve
as
a
vascular
living
organ
donor.
c.
A
leave
of
absence
of
up
to
two
consecutive
hours
in
a
workday
for
an
employee
who
requests
a
leave
of
absence
to
serve
as
a
voluntary
blood
donor
if
the
employee
provides
written
verification
from
the
employee’s
physician
or
the
facility
involved
with
the
blood
donation
that
the
employee
will
serve
as
a
voluntary
blood
donor.
An
employee
may
submit
a
request
for
a
leave
of
absence
under
this
subsection
no
more
than
four
times
in
a
year.
3.
An
employee
who
is
granted
a
leave
of
absence
under
this
section
shall
receive
leave
without
loss
of
seniority,
pay,
vacation
time,
personal
days,
sick
leave,
insurance
and
health
coverage
benefits,
or
earned
overtime
accumulation.
The
employee
shall
be
compensated
at
the
employee’s
regular
rate
of
pay
for
those
regular
work
hours
during
which
the
employee
is
absent
from
work.
4.
An
employee
deemed
to
be
on
leave
under
this
section
shall
not
be
deemed
to
be
an
employee
of
the
state
for
purposes
Senate
File
336,
p.
3
of
workers’
compensation
or
for
purposes
of
the
Iowa
tort
claims
Act,
chapter
669
.
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
336,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
