Bill Text: NY A02830 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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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 29-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-20 - substituted by s5925 [A02830 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02830-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2830--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 23, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, SKOUFIS, ROSENTHAL, HARRIS, M. G. MILL-
          ER,  ORTIZ,  JAFFEE,  SIMON,  JONES,  BLAKE, ARROYO, D'URSO, WILLIAMS,
          COOK, GOTTFRIED, SEAWRIGHT, DE LA ROSA, VANEL, WALKER  --  Multi-Spon-
          sored  by  --  M.  of  A.    CARROLL,  DAVILA, HIKIND, HYNDMAN, MAGEE,
          PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Govern-
          mental  Employees  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  again
          reported  from  said  committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        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    §  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
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04976-05-7
        A. 2830--B                          2
     1  public officer or employee  of  this  state,  employee  of  any  county,
     2  employee  of  any  community  college, employee of any public authority,
     3  employee of any public benefit corporation, employee  of  any  board  of
     4  cooperative  educational  services  (BOCES),  employee of any vocational
     5  education and extension  board,  or  a  school  district  enumerated  in
     6  section  one  of  chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen
     7  hundred sixty-seven, employee  of  any  municipality,  employee  of  any
     8  school  district, or any employee of a participating employer in the New
     9  York state and local employees' retirement system or any employee  of  a
    10  participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system
    11  for  a  sufficient period of time, not to exceed four hours on an annual
    12  basis, to undertake a screening for [breast] cancer.
    13    2. The entire period of the leave of absence granted pursuant to  this
    14  section  shall  be  excused  leave  and shall not be charged against any
    15  other leave such public officer, employee of this state, employee of any
    16  county, employee of  any  community  college,  employee  of  any  public
    17  authority,  employee  of any public benefit corporation, employee of any
    18  board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), employee of any voca-
    19  tional education and extension board, or a school district enumerated in
    20  section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of the  laws  of  nineteen
    21  hundred  sixty-seven,  employee  of  any  municipality,  employee of any
    22  school district or any employee of a participating employer in  the  New
    23  York  state  and local employees' retirement system or any employee of a
    24  participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system
    25  is otherwise entitled to.
    26    § 2. Section 159-c of the civil service law is REPEALED.
    27    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    28  have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
    29  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
    30  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
    31  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.