HB 1802-S2.E - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Creates the veterans' in-state service shared leave pool to allow employees to donate leave to be used as shared leave for the following: (1) Veteran employees who meet certain requirements;

(2) Spouses of the veteran employees who meet certain requirements and are caring for their spouses;

(3) An employee who is a current member of the uniformed services or a veteran and is attending medical appointments or treatments for a service connected injury or disability; and

(4) An employee who is a spouse of a current member of the uniformed services or a veteran who is attending medical appointments or treatments for a service connected injury or disability and requires assistance while attending appointments or treatments.

Requires the department of veterans affairs to administer the shared leave pool.

Requires an agency head to allow employees who are veterans, and their spouses, to access shared leave from the veterans' in-state service shared leave pool upon employment.

Requires the office of financial management, in consultation with the department of veterans affairs, to adopt rules and policies governing the donation and use of shared leave from the veterans' in-state service shared leave pool.

Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.