CSHB 252(HES): "An Act requiring paid leave from employment for organ and bone marrow donation."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 252(HES) 01 "An Act requiring paid leave from employment for organ and bone marrow donation." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 04 to read: 05 SHORT TITLE. This Act may be known as the Richard Foster and Alec Cesar Donor 06 Act. 07 * Sec. 2. AS 39.20.245(b) is amended to read: 08 (b) An officer or employee, with the approval of the person authorizing the 09 employment, may donate accrued personal or annual leave to another officer or 10 employee only for use as leave for medical reasons. The official responsible for 11 employee accounts shall debit the donor's personal or annual leave account and credit 12 the donee's personal leave account, or sick leave account, as appropriate, for medical 13 reasons only, by converting the donated leave into cash value at the donor's rate of pay 14 and reconverting the cash value to hours of leave at the donee's rate of pay. Leave 15 donated under this subsection is not leave taken by the donor for purposes of
01 AS 39.20.225(c). An employee who is covered by a collective bargaining agreement 02 may donate leave to or receive donations of leave from an employee or officer who is 03 not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, notwithstanding AS 39.20.310(7) 04 and (8) [AS 39.20.310(8) AND (9)]. 05 * Sec. 3. AS 39.20.270 is amended to read: 06 Sec. 39.20.270. Court leave. Notwithstanding AS 39.20.310(6) 07 [AS 39.20.310(7)], court leave shall be granted to an employee who is classified as 08 full time, whether permanent, nonpermanent, or temporary. An officer or employee 09 called to serve as a juror or subpoenaed as a witness is entitled to administrative leave 10 with pay, but compensation received by the employee or to which the employee is 11 entitled, whichever is greater, for service as a juror or witness shall be deducted from 12 pay to which the employee is entitled as a state officer or employee. 13 * Sec. 4. AS 39.20 is amended by adding a new section to read: 14 Sec. 39.20.275. Leave for organ or bone marrow donation. (a) 15 Notwithstanding AS 39.20.310(1) - (3) and (6) - (8), paid administrative leave of not 16 less than 40 hours, unless the employee requests fewer hours, shall be granted under 17 this section to an employee who requests leave to make a personal organ or bone 18 marrow donation. Paid administrative leave may not include time spent on a screening 19 process to determine whether the employee is a compatible donor. 20 (b) The director of personnel in the Department of Administration shall adopt 21 regulations to implement this section. 22 (c) Nothing in this section authorizes employees to request leave for 23 contribution to or for withdrawal from a leave pool. 24 (d) In this section, "employee" means an employee of the executive, judicial, 25 or legislative branch of state government, the Alaska Railroad Corporation, or the 26 University of Alaska, whether the employee is a permanent, nonpermanent, or 27 temporary employee, who is employed for an average of 30 or more scheduled hours 28 each week and who is paid by a warrant issued by the state. 29 * Sec. 5. AS 39.20.310 is amended to read: 30 Sec. 39.20.310. Exceptions. Except as provided in AS 39.20.275, 31 AS 39.20.200 - 39.20.330 do not apply to
01 (1) members of the state legislature, the governor, the lieutenant 02 governor, and justices and judges of the supreme and superior courts and of the court 03 of appeals, but nothing in AS 39.20.200 - 39.20.330 may be construed to diminish the 04 salaries fixed by law for these officers by reason of absence from duty on account of 05 illness or otherwise; 06 (2) magistrates serving the state on less than a full-time basis; 07 (3) officers, members of the teaching staff, and employees of the 08 University of Alaska; 09 (4) [REPEALED 10 (5)] persons employed in a professional capacity to make a temporary 11 and special inquiry, study, or examination as authorized by the governor, the 12 legislature, or a legislative committee; 13 (5) [(6)] members of boards, commissions, and authorities who are not 14 otherwise employed by the state; 15 (6) [(7)] temporary employees hired for periods of less than 12 16 consecutive months; 17 (7) [(8)] persons employed by the division of marine transportation as 18 masters and members of the crews operating the state ferry system who are covered by 19 collective bargaining agreements as provided in AS 23.40.040, except as expressly 20 provided by law; 21 (8) [(9)] persons employed by the state who are covered by collective 22 bargaining agreements as provided in AS 23.40.210, except as expressly provided by 23 law.