Bill Text: NY S05925 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-12-18 - SIGNED CHAP.465 [S05925 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S05925-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5925 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 5, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions 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 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04976-06-7S. 5925 2 1 school district, or any employee of a participating employer in the New 2 York state and local employees' retirement system or any employee of a 3 participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system 4 for a sufficient period of time, not to exceed four hours on an annual 5 basis, to undertake a screening for [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. 19 § 2. Section 159-c of the civil service law is REPEALED. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 21 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the 22 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 23 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 24 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.