Connecticut § 5-247b - Sick leave. Use by employees who have a disability for service animal training.

§ 5-247b. Sick leave. Use by employees who have a disability for service animal training.

Sec. 5-247b. Sick leave. Use by employees who have a disability for service animal training. (a) As used in this section, “disability” and “service animal” have the same meanings as provided in section 22-345.

(b) Each appointing authority shall grant to each full-time employee in a permanent position in a state or quasi-public agency who (1) has a disability, and (2) has been employed for at least twelve consecutive months, the use of accumulated paid sick leave, not to exceed twenty days, to participate in training conducted by an organization that trains service animals, provided such organization is a member of a professional association of service animal schools, to prepare the employee to handle a service animal for the employee's own use. The appointing authority may require up to seven days' advance notice of an employee's intention to use such leave and may require the employee to provide reasonable documentation that such leave is being taken for the purpose permitted under this section.

(P.A. 08-4, S. 1; P.A. 24-18, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 24-18 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b), added Subsec. (a) defining “disability” and “service animal” and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “permanent position in the state service or full-time employee of a quasi-public agency” with “permanent position in a state or quasi-public agency”, replacing “is blind or physically disabled” with “has a disability”, replacing “not to exceed fifteen days” with “not to exceed twenty days”, replacing “a guide dog organization or assistance dog organization” with “an organization that trains service animals” and replacing “guide dog or assistance dog” with “service animal”, effective July 1, 2024.