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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5020 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000323 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- ORGAN-DONATION LEAVE |
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| 16 | 16 | | ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, Donovan, Cortvriend, McEntee, Potter, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Bennett, Kazarian, Casimiro, Kennedy, and Chippendale |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: January 10, 2025 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: House Finance |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. Title 36 of the General Laws entitled "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | EMPLOYEES" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | CHAPTER 17 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ORGAN-DONATION LEAVE ACT 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 36-17-1. Short title. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Organ-Donation Leave Act." 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 36-17-2. Organ-donation leave. 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) Eligibility. A state employee who is currently working and has successfully completed 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | an initial probationary period during the current employment period and worked at least one 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours during the previous twelve (12) months may be eligible 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | for paid leave as provided in this section to donate a kidney, a liver segment, or bone marrow, and 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | medically recover. An eligible employee may take organ-donation leave no more than once in any 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | twelve (12) month period. 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) Duration. Any organ-donation leave begins on the date of donation and ends on the 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | earliest of: 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) Sixty (60) calendar days after a kidney or liver segment donation; 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) Thirty (30) calendar days after a bone marrow donation; 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) The date that absence to recover from the donation is no longer supported by 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | LC000323 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 45 | 45 | | documentation from the employee's medical provider as medically necessary; 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (4) The date of the employee's seasonal layoff, limited term appointment's expiration, 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | layoff after position abolishment, or separation from state service; or 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (5) The date the employee returns to work. 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (c) Notice. Before beginning an organ-donation leave, the employee should give as much 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | notice as practicable of the expected start and end date for the leave. Notice should be provided at 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | least thirty (30) days before the leave's expected start. 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (d) Pay. An eligible full-time employee on organ-donation leave receives base pay during 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | the leave. An eligible less-than-full-time employee on an organ-donation leave, for each week 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | during the leave, receives base pay for the average number of hours scheduled each week over the 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | last six (6) pay periods before the leave, distributed equally Monday through Friday. Hours are 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | entered in payroll as administrative leave. 12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (e) Holidays. Paid holidays observed during a leave are recorded as paid holidays and do 13 |
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| 58 | 58 | | not extend an organ-donation leave. 14 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (f) Leave and accruals. An employee need not exhaust sick and annual leave before taking 15 |
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| 60 | 60 | | organ-donation leave. An employee accrues sick and annual leave during the leave. An eligible 16 |
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| 61 | 61 | | employee may not use any other paid leave during any organ donation leave. Time on organ-17 |
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| 62 | 62 | | donation leave counts toward step increases if an employee is in satisfactory standing. 18 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (g) Coordination with other benefits. Time on organ-donation leave also counts toward any 19 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and unpaid medical leave entitlements. 20 |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 21 |
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| 67 | 67 | | LC000323 |
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| 71 | 71 | | LC000323 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 72 | 72 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 73 | 73 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 74 | 74 | | OF |
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| 75 | 75 | | A N A C T |
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| 76 | 76 | | RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- ORGAN-DONATION LEAVE |
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| 77 | 77 | | ACT |
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| 78 | 78 | | *** |
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| 79 | 79 | | This act would provide for paid leave for a state employee who donates an organ. The 1 |
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| 80 | 80 | | duration of the leave is dependent on the type of donation and notice should be provided to the 2 |
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| 81 | 81 | | employer at least thirty (30) days prior to the leave. 3 |
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| 82 | 82 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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