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By: McClendon, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos) H.B. No. 89
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 7, 2003;
April 9, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on
Government Organization; April 28, 2003, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays
0; April 28, 2003, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 89 By: Armbrister
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a leave of absence for certain state employees who are
donating an organ, bone marrow, or blood.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is
amended by adding Sections 661.916 and 661.917 to read as follows:
Sec. 661.916. LEAVE FOR ORGAN OR BONE MARROW DONORS. (a) A
state employee is entitled to a leave of absence without a deduction
in salary for the time necessary to permit the employee to serve as
a bone marrow or organ donor.
(b) The leave of absence provided by this section may not
exceed:
(1) five working days in a fiscal year to serve as a
bone marrow donor; or
(2) 30 working days in a fiscal year to serve as an
organ donor.
Sec. 661.917. DONATION OF BLOOD. (a) A state agency shall
allow each agency employee sufficient time off, without a deduction
in salary or accrued leave, to donate blood.
(b) An employee may not receive time off under this section
unless the employee obtains approval from the employee's supervisor
before taking time off.
(c) On returning to work after taking time off under this
section, an employee shall provide the employee's supervisor with
proof that the employee donated blood during the time off. If an
employee fails to provide proof that the employee donated blood
during the time off, the state agency shall deduct the period for
which the employee was granted time off from the employee's salary
or accrued leave, whichever the employee chooses.
(d) An employee may receive time off under this section not
more than four times in a fiscal year.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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