FT 14.23 – Organ Donor Protection Act (Law)

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to protecting the welfare of the health of Frémont's organ donors

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PARLIAMENT OF FRÉMONT RESOLVED.

Section 1, TITLE.
i. The title of this Act shall be, the "Organ Donor Protection Act."
ii. "Employee" refers to a person who performs services for hire for an employer, for an average of 20 or more hours per week, and includes all individuals employed at any site owned or operated by an employer. Employee does not include an independent contractor.
iii. "Employer" refers to a person or entity that employs 20 or more employees at at least one site and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, nonprofit organization, group of persons, region, state, county, town, city, school district, or other governmental subdivision.

Section 2, LIVING ORGAN DONOR DISCRIMINATION.
i. No health carrier, or any other insurance provider, shall decline or cut off insurance for any insured citizen(s) of the Commonwealth of Frémont, nor discriminate in the premium rating, offering, issuance, cancellation, amount of coverage, or any other condition, on the sole basis of being a living organ donor.
ii. No health carrier is permitted to prevent any insured citizen of the Commonwealth of Frémont from donating all or part of an organ as a condition of receiving or continuing to receive coverage under a health plan.

Section 3, LEAVE REGARDING ORGAN DONATION PROCEDURES.
i. An employer must provide paid leaves of absence to employee(s) who are about to undergo medical procedure to donate bone marrow and/or an organ (partial or complete) to another person.
ii. The length of the paid leave of absence may be decided by the employee undergoing the procedure, but may not exceed 48 hours, unless agreed upon by both the employer, as well as their employee in question.
iii. The employer may require official verification an employee seeking organ or bone marrow donation by a physician regarding the purpose and length of each leave requested by the employee.
iv. If there is a medical determination that the employee does not qualify as a bone marrow or organ donor, the paid leave of absence granted to the employee prior to that medical determination is not forfeited.
v. An employer must provide unpaid leaves of absence to employee(s) who are about to undergo medical procedure to donate bone marrow and/or an organ (partial or complete) to another person.
vi. The length of the unpaid leave of absence may be decided by the employee undergoing the procedure, but may not exceed 12 weeks, unless agreed upon by both the employer, as well as their employee in question.
vii. An employer is not permitted to retaliate or sanction against an employee for requesting leave, whether paid or unpaid. “Retaliation” includes, but is not limited to, demotion, discipline, firing, salary reduction, job/shift reassignment, or any other negative job action.

Section 4, ENACTMENT CLAUSE.
i. This act shall take effect exactly 72 hours after final enactment by the parliament of Frémont.

Sponsor: Koopa Da Quick

The member from Iowa has the floor.

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

Thank you, Mr. Truman. I'm going to try to make this short and sweet. The point of the bill is to prevent workplace discrimination towards organ donors, as well as regulating paid leave regarding a worker. Considering how passionate this parliament is about workers' rights, I think that it's a no-brainer to support a piece of legislation like this. I yield the floor.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

I agree, this legislation is both fair and necessary —organ donors are literally indispensable to the health of countless Atlasians, and we should do all in our power to protect their ability to contribute.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Bumping this for the new session.

[OBD]

I don't have any concerns with the current iteration of this act and will be happy to vote for it. Looking forward to the input of my fellow MPs on this bill, which is definitely needed in Fremont.

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

Any comments from the gentlemen of Guam and Washington before the body moves to a final vote?

[Continential]

I do support this bill as organ donors are important to saving many lives.

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

Motioning for a final vote, 24 hours to object.

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

A final vote is now opened. All members and the first minister have 48 hours to vote.

[OBD]

Aye

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

Aye

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Aye.

[Continential]

Aye, if I'm not too late.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Organ Donor Protection Act
Frémont Parliament Bill 14.23 - Sponsored by KoopaDaQuick, MFP

	LAB	PAX	IND	TOTAL
Aye	3	1	0	4
Nay	0	0	0	0
Abstain	0	0	0	0
Not Present	0	0	1	1

	FF	TR	ML	UL	TOTAL
Aye	1	1	1	1	4
Nay	0	0	0	0	0
Abstain	0	0	0	0	0
Not Present	0	0	1	0	1

First Minister HARRY S TRUMAN of North Dakota (LAB/FF)
Mr. AUSTRALIANSWINGVOTER of Washington (IND/ML)
Mr. ISHAN of Guam (LAB/UL)
Ms. KOOPADAQUICK of Iowa (PAX/TR)
Mr. OREGON BLUE DOG of Oregon (LAB/ML)

The bill passes an almost unanimous vote, and awaits the first minister's signature.

Well this vote closed 24 hours early meaning I didn't get a chance to vote. So I'd rather like to complain about that.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Aye

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

Organ Donor Protection Act
Frémont Parliament Bill 14.23 - Sponsored by KoopaDaQuick, MFP

	LAB	PAX	IND	TOTAL
Aye	3	1	1	5
Nay	0	0	0	0
Abstain	0	0	0	0
Not Present	0	0	0	0

	FF	TR	ML	UL	TOTAL
Aye	1	1	2	1	5
Nay	0	0	0	0	0
Abstain	0	0	0	0	0
Not Present	0	0	0	0	0

First Minister HARRY S TRUMAN of North Dakota (LAB/FF)
Mr. AUSTRALIANSWINGVOTER of Washington (IND/ML)
Mr. ISHAN of Guam (LAB/UL)
Ms. KOOPADAQUICK of Iowa (PAX/TR)
Mr. OREGON BLUE DOG of Oregon (LAB/ML)

Apologies to the member from Washington for closing the vote early.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to protecting the welfare of the health of Frémont's organ donors

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PARLIAMENT OF FRÉMONT RESOLVED.

Section 1, TITLE.
i. The title of this Act shall be, the "Organ Donor Protection Act."
ii. "Employee" refers to a person who performs services for hire for an employer, for an average of 20 or more hours per week, and includes all individuals employed at any site owned or operated by an employer. Employee does not include an independent contractor.
iii. "Employer" refers to a person or entity that employs 20 or more employees at at least one site and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, nonprofit organization, group of persons, region, state, county, town, city, school district, or other governmental subdivision.

Section 2, LIVING ORGAN DONOR DISCRIMINATION.
i. No health carrier, or any other insurance provider, shall decline or cut off insurance for any insured citizen(s) of the Commonwealth of Frémont, nor discriminate in the premium rating, offering, issuance, cancellation, amount of coverage, or any other condition, on the sole basis of being a living organ donor.
ii. No health carrier is permitted to prevent any insured citizen of the Commonwealth of Frémont from donating all or part of an organ as a condition of receiving or continuing to receive coverage under a health plan.

Section 3, LEAVE REGARDING ORGAN DONATION PROCEDURES.
i. An employer must provide paid leaves of absence to employee(s) who are about to undergo medical procedure to donate bone marrow and/or an organ (partial or complete) to another person.
ii. The length of the paid leave of absence may be decided by the employee undergoing the procedure, but may not exceed 48 hours, unless agreed upon by both the employer, as well as their employee in question.
iii. The employer may require official verification an employee seeking organ or bone marrow donation by a physician regarding the purpose and length of each leave requested by the employee.
iv. If there is a medical determination that the employee does not qualify as a bone marrow or organ donor, the paid leave of absence granted to the employee prior to that medical determination is not forfeited.
v. An employer must provide unpaid leaves of absence to employee(s) who are about to undergo medical procedure to donate bone marrow and/or an organ (partial or complete) to another person.
vi. The length of the unpaid leave of absence may be decided by the employee undergoing the procedure, but may not exceed 12 weeks, unless agreed upon by both the employer, as well as their employee in question.
vii. An employer is not permitted to retaliate or sanction against an employee for requesting leave, whether paid or unpaid. “Retaliation” includes, but is not limited to, demotion, discipline, firing, salary reduction, job/shift reassignment, or any other negative job action.

Section 4, ENACTMENT CLAUSE.
i. This act shall take effect exactly 72 hours after final enactment by the parliament of Frémont.