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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1183 By: Stanley
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Personnel Act;
allowing certain authorities to grant sick leave with
pay under certain circumstances ; providing for
codification; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 840-2.20D of Title 74, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. An appointing authority may grant COVID -19 sick leave with
pay not to exceed fifteen (15) working days per state fiscal year to
a state employee who is affected by COVID-19 or a variant thereof in
Oklahoma if:
1. The employee works in a health care or full-time custodial
care facility operated by this state;
2. The employee is required to isolate or quarantine because
the employee or a member of the employee 's household tests posi tive
for COVID-19 or a variant thereof; or
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3. The employee has insufficient leave balan ces to continue in
a paid leave status for the duration of the period of quarantine
required by agency po licy.
B. Leave granted under this section shall be in such amo unts
necessary to supplement the use of the employee 's paid leave after
depletion of all available leave balances in order to avoid a leave
without pay status.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, b y reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
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