2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 5 General Provisions 5 ILCS 327/ Organ Donor Leave Act.
(5 ILCS 327/1)
Sec. 1.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Organ Donor Leave Act.
(Source: P.A. 92‑754, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
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(5 ILCS 327/5)
Sec. 5.
Purpose.
This Act is intended to provide time off with pay for
State
employees who donate an organ, bone marrow, blood, or blood platelets.
(Source: P.A. 92‑754, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
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(5 ILCS 327/10)
Sec. 10.
Definitions.
As used in this Act:
"Agency" means any branch, department, board, committee, or commission of
State government, but does not include units of local government, school
districts, or boards of election commissioners.
"Department" means the Department of Central Management Services.
"Participating employee" means a permanent full‑time or part‑time employee
who has
been employed by an agency for a period of 6 months or more and who donates an
organ, bone marrow, blood, or blood platelets.
(Source: P.A. 92‑754, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
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(5 ILCS 327/20)
Sec. 20. Administration of Act.
(a) On request, a participating employee subject to this Act may be
entitled to organ donation leave with pay.
(b) An employee may use
(i) up to 30 days of organ donation leave in any 12‑month period to serve
as a bone marrow donor,
(ii) up to 30 days of organ donation leave in any 12‑month period to
serve
as an organ donor,
(iii) up to one hour to donate blood every 56 days, and (iv) up to 2 hours
to donate blood platelets in accordance with appropriate medical standards
established by the American Red Cross, America's Blood Centers, the American Association of Blood Banks, or
other nationally‑recognized standards.
Leave under item (iv) may not be granted more than 24 times in a
12‑month period.
(c) An employee may use organ donation leave or other leave authorized in
subsection (b) of this Section only after obtaining approval
from the employee's agency.
(d) An employee may not be required to use accumulated sick or vacation
leave time before being eligible for organ donor leave.
(e) The Department must adopt rules governing organ donation leave,
including rules that (i) establish conditions and procedures for requesting
and approving leave and (ii) require medical documentation of the proposed
organ or
bone marrow donation before leave is approved by the employing agency.
(Source: P.A. 94‑33, eff. 1‑1‑06.)
(5 ILCS 327/99)
Sec. 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect on January 1, 2003.
(Source: P.A. 92‑754, eff. 1‑1‑03.)
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