Bill Text: NY S07160 | 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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07160 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07160-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7160
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 1, 2014
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       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    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
   26  participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14702-01-4
       S. 7160                             2
    1  for  a  sufficient  period  of time, not to exceed four hours PER CANCER
    2  SCREENING TYPE, OR THE CUMULATIVE  EQUIVALENT  OF  TWO  FULL-TIME  DAYS,
    3  WHICHEVER  IS  LESS  on  an  annual  basis, to undertake a screening for
    4  [breast] cancer.
    5    2.  The entire period of the leave of absence granted pursuant to this
    6  section shall be excused leave and shall  not  be  charged  against  any
    7  other leave such public officer, employee of this state, employee of any
    8  county,  employee  of  any  community  college,  employee  of any public
    9  authority, employee of any public benefit corporation, employee  of  any
   10  board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), employee of any voca-
   11  tional education and extension board, or a school district enumerated in
   12  section  one  of  chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen
   13  hundred sixty-seven, employee  of  any  municipality,  employee  of  any
   14  school  district  or any employee of a participating employer in the New
   15  York state and local employees' retirement system or any employee  of  a
   16  participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system
   17  is  otherwise  entitled  to.    PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT AN EMPLOYER MAY
   18  RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THAT ALL EMPLOYEES PROVIDE A WRITTEN REFER-
   19  RAL FROM A PHYSICIAN OR OTHER DULY AUTHORIZED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
   20    [3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employee  of
   21  a city having a population of one million or more.]
   22    S 2. Section 159-c of the civil service law is REPEALED.
   23    S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   24  have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
   25  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
   26  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
   27  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.