AB 1206

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.