Sick leave for veterans employed by state. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, state employees are generally entitled to receive paid sick leave as part of their compensation, and, if an employee does not use all of his or her sick leave during a calendar year, the employee may accumulate unused sick leave from year to year in a sick leave account. The paid sick leave for state employees is regulated by administrative rules of the division of personnel management in the department of administration.

Under this bill, a state employee who is a veteran of the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces during a war period or in a crisis zone is entitled to 60 hours per year of paid sick leave in order to receive health care or mental health care for a disability related to the employee's military service at a facility operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or at a facility to which a veteran is referred for treatment under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care Network. This paid leave is in addition to any paid sick leave generally provided to state employees and does not accumulate from year to year and may not be converted to credits to pay for health insurance in retirement.

Who's behind it

10 lawmakers are its authors⁠. All 10 are Democrats.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From ETF