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HB 1824 State employees; sick leave for certain disabled veterans.

Introduced by: David A. Reid | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Sick leave for state employees; certain disabled veterans. Provides an additional 96 hours of sick leave to disabled veterans, defined in the bill as veterans with a disability rating by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of at least 60 percent, available during the 12 months following such veteran's start or return to state employment after active duty or following a disability rating decision from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, whichever is later. The bill provides that such additional sick leave shall be used only for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment for the service-related disability and would be provided only to those disabled veterans whose disability occurred on or after January 1, 2016.


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