State Police employees could donate leave for McRae

The Department of State Police would keep a sick leave bank for Matthew McRae, and department employees could donate days to it. The bank would be for Matthew McRae, a Department of State Police employee; any department employee could donate sick, personal, or vacation days. Donations are voluntary. McRae could use bank days only for absences related to the illness or disability for which the bank was set up, as determined by the department. He would not have to use his own accrued sick, personal, or vacation time first, and he would continue earning leave and specified benefits while absent and using the bank. The bank provisions would take effect upon passage.

The department would keep unused bank hours available for certain later absences or transfer them to another leave bank. These rules apply to hours remaining in McRae's sick leave bank. After McRae returns to active duty, remaining hours could cover absences for continuing care required by the illness or disability, as determined by the department. If he retires or ends his department employment, remaining hours would go to the extended illness leave bank.

The department would credit McRae for leave and benefits he would have earned during certain earlier absences. This covers periods of absence beginning October 3, 2023, when McRae used the sick leave bank established under the 2023 law. The department would not credit time or benefits that it had already credited for any part of the period. This credit provision would take effect as of October 3, 2023.