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    AN ACT concerning employment.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
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Employee Blood Donation Leave Act.
 
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    Section 3. Purpose. This Act is intended to provide time 
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off with pay to allow employees of units of local governments, 
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boards of election commissioners, or private employers in the 
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State of Illinois to donate blood.
 
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    Section 5. Definitions.  As used in this Act:
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    "Employer" means any unit of local government, board of 
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election commissioners, or any private employer in the State 
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who has 51 or more employees.
    
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    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
    
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    "Participating employee" means a full-time employee who 
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has been employed by an employer for a period of 6 months or 
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more and who donates blood. 
 
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    Section 10. Paid leave for blood donation; administration. 
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    (a) On request, a participating employee subject to this 
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Act may be
entitled to blood donation leave with pay.
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    (b) An employee may use
up to one hour to donate blood 
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every 56 days in accordance with appropriate medical standards

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established by the American Red Cross, America's Blood Centers, 
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the American Association of Blood Banks, or other nationally 
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recognized standards.
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    (c) A participating employee may use the leave authorized 
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in
subsection (b) of this Section only after obtaining approval

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from the employer.

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    (d) The Department must adopt rules governing blood 
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donation leave,
including rules that (i) establish conditions 
 


 






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and procedures for requesting
and approving leave and (ii) 
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require medical documentation of the proposed
blood donation 
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before leave is approved by the employer.
 
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    Section 15. The Organ Donor Leave Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 20 as follows:
 



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    (5 ILCS 327/20)



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    Sec. 20. Administration of Act. 

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    (a) On request, a participating employee subject to this 
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Act may be
entitled to organ donation leave with pay.

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    (b) An employee may use
(i) up to 30 days of organ donation 
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leave in any 12-month period to serve
as a bone marrow donor,

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(ii) up to 30 days of organ donation leave in any 12-month 
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period to
serve
as an organ donor,
(iii) up to one hour to 
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donate blood every 56 days, and (iv) up to 2 hours
to donate 
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blood platelets in accordance with appropriate medical 
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standards
established by the American Red Cross, America's 
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Blood Centers, the American Association of Blood Banks, or

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other nationally-recognized standards.
  Leave under item (iv) 
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may not be granted more than 24 times in a
12-month period.

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    (c) An employee may use organ donation leave or other leave 
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authorized in
subsection (b) of this Section only after 
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obtaining approval
from the employee's agency.

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    (d) An employee may not be required to use accumulated sick 
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or vacation
leave time before being eligible for organ donor 
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leave.

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    (e) The Department must adopt rules governing organ 
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donation leave,
including rules that (i) establish conditions 
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and procedures for requesting
and approving leave and (ii) 
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require medical documentation of the proposed
organ or
bone 
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marrow donation before leave is approved by the employing 
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agency.

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(Source: P.A. 92-754, eff. 1-1-03.)