Senate File 336 - Introduced SENATE FILE 336 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1132) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the blood, bone marrow, and living organ 1 donation incentive program. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1592SV (2) 89 pf/rh

S.F. 336 Section 1. Section 70A.39, Code 2021, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 70A.39 Bone Blood, bone marrow , and living organ donation 3 incentive program. 4 1. For the purposes of this section : 5 a. “Blood” means whole blood, power red, platelets, or 6 plasma. 7 b. “Bone marrow” means the soft tissue that fills human bone 8 cavities. 9 b. c. “Vascular organ” “Living organ” means a heart, 10 lung, liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine, or other organ that 11 requires the continuous circulation of blood to remain useful 12 for purposes of transplantation one of two kidneys, one of 13 two lobes of a liver, a lung or part of a lung, part of the 14 pancreas, or part of the intestines . 15 2. Beginning July 1, 2003, state State employees, excluding 16 employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement which 17 provides otherwise, shall be granted leaves of absence in 18 accordance with the following: 19 a. A leave of absence of up to five workdays for an employee 20 who requests a leave of absence to serve as a bone marrow 21 donor if the employee provides written verification from the 22 employee’s physician or the hospital involved with the bone 23 marrow donation that the employee will serve as a bone marrow 24 donor. 25 b. A leave of absence of up to thirty workdays for an 26 employee who requests a leave of absence to serve as a 27 vascular living organ donor if the employee provides written 28 verification from the employee’s physician or the hospital 29 involved with the vascular living organ donation that the 30 employee will serve as a vascular living organ donor. 31 c. A leave of absence of up to two consecutive hours in 32 a workday for an employee who requests a leave of absence 33 to serve as a voluntary blood donor if the employee provides 34 written verification from the employee’s physician or the 35 -1- LSB 1592SV (2) 89 pf/rh 1/ 3

S.F. 336 facility involved with the blood donation that the employee 1 will serve as a voluntary blood donor. An employee may submit 2 a request for a leave of absence under this subsection no more 3 than four times in a year. 4 3. An employee who is granted a leave of absence under 5 this section shall receive leave without loss of seniority, 6 pay, vacation time, personal days, sick leave, insurance and 7 health coverage benefits, or earned overtime accumulation. The 8 employee shall be compensated at the employee’s regular rate of 9 pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is 10 absent from work. 11 4. An employee deemed to be on leave under this section 12 shall not be deemed to be an employee of the state for purposes 13 of workers’ compensation or for purposes of the Iowa tort 14 claims Act, chapter 669 . 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 This bill amends the provisions of the bone marrow and 19 vascular organ donation incentive program to instead provide 20 for a blood, bone marrow, and living organ donation incentive 21 program. The bill defines “blood” and “living organ” for the 22 purposes of the bill. 23 The bill amends the provisions relating to a state employee 24 requesting and being granted a leave of absence to serve as a 25 vascular organ donor to instead serve as a living organ donor. 26 Current law provides for the granting of a leave of absence 27 for a state employee to serve as a vascular organ donor. A 28 “vascular organ” is currently defined as a heart, lung, liver, 29 pancreas, kidney, intestine, or other organ that requires 30 the continuous circulation of blood to remain useful for 31 purposes of transplantation. Under the bill, “living organ” 32 is defined as one of two kidneys, one of two lobes of a liver, 33 a lung or part of a lung, part of the pancreas, or part of the 34 intestines. 35 -2- LSB 1592SV (2) 89 pf/rh 2/ 3

S.F. 336 The bill also includes new provisions to allow for a 1 state employee to be granted a leave of absence of up to two 2 consecutive hours in a workday if the employee requests a leave 3 of absence to serve as a voluntary blood donor and the employee 4 provides written verification from the employee’s physician or 5 the facility involved with the blood donation that the employee 6 will serve as a voluntary blood donor. An employee may submit 7 a request for a leave of absence to serve as a voluntary blood 8 donor no more than four times in a year. 9 -3- LSB 1592SV (2) 89 pf/rh 3/ 3