Bill > S572

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This bill prohibits the use of six or more consecutive days of accumulated sick leave by a public officer or employee in the twelve months prior to retirement without a medical necessity verified in writing by a physician. This bill seeks to end a practice known as "terminal leave" when a public employee, in anticipation of retirement, is permitted to use up accumulated days of sick leave. The bill requires the State, political subdivisions of the State, and boards of education to promulgate rules and procedures to ensure that verification of medical necessity is provided. Under the rules, the employer could require the officer or employee to submit to an examination by a physician selected by the employer to verify the medical necessity. For a violation of this prohibition, the employer would (1) impose a fine and issue a reprimand against the officer or employee, with the fine to be an amount equivalent to three days compensation for each day of violation, or (2) for a second violation of the prohibition deduct all sick leave found to have been used in violation of this prohibition from the number of unused accumulated sick leave credited on the effective date of retirement upon which supplemental compensation, if any, for the officer or employee at the time of retirement is calculated, or (3) both.

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Michael Doherty (R)*,  Christopher Bateman (R),  Jennifer Beck (R),  Bob Singer (R), 

Motion To Table (19-16) (Weinberg) (on 06/22/2017)