SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2987

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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SENATE, December 22, 2020.

The committee on Public Service to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2982) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of James B. Eldridge and Danielle W. Gregoire for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Kathryn Price, an employee of the department of mental health, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2987) ought to pass.

 

For the committee,

Barry R. Finegold



        FILED ON: 12/22/2020

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2987

 

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Kathryn Price, an employee of the department of mental health.

 

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to establish a sick leave bank for an employee of the department of mental health, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of mental health shall establish a sick leave bank for Kathryn Price, an employee of the department of mental health. Any employee of the department of mental health may voluntarily contribute 1 or more sick, personal or vacation days to the sick leave bank for use by Kathryn Price. If Kathryn Price terminates employment with the department of mental health or requests to dissolve the sick leave bank, any remaining time in the sick leave bank shall be transferred to the extended illness leave bank. Sick leave bank days shall not be used for absences unrelated to the illness or disability that necessitated the establishment of the sick leave bank as determined by the department of mental health.