Donation Program because of the catastrophic illness or injury of a member of
the employee's immediate family under certain circumstances; providing that an
employee may use leave received through the Leave Donation Program for a
catastrophic illness or injury of an immediate family member only after
obtaining approval from the employee's appointing authority; providing that
approval by the employee's appointing authority is discretionary; defining
certain terms; and generally relating to donations and use of leave under the
Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Personnel and Pensions
Section 9-601 and 9-604
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Personnel and Pensions

9-601.

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(B) "CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS OR INJURY' MEANS A CONDITION THAT IS
INCAPACITATING OR LIFE THREATENING AS CERTIFIED BY A HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER, AS DEFINED IN THE FEDERAL FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT.

(C) "IMMEDIATE FAMILY" MEANS:

(1) THE SPOUSE OF THE EMPLOYEE;

(2) CHILDREN, INCLUDING FOSTER AND STEPCHILDREN OF THE
EMPLOYEE;

(3) PARENTS, STEPPARENTS, OR FOSTER PARENTS OF THE EMPLOYEE;

(4) BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE EMPLOYEE; AND

(5) GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDCHILDREN OF THE EMPLOYEE.

[(b)] (C) "Leave Bank" means the State Employees' Leave Bank.

[(c)] (D) "Leave Donation Program" means the Employee-to-Employee Leave
Donation Program.

9-604.

(a) (1) Subject to the limitations in this title or in any other law, an
employee may voluntarily donate unused annual, sick, or personal leave to another
employee who has exhausted all available annual, personal, sick, and compensatory