Clarification of organ donation surgery as qualifying as a serious health condition under FMLA

(a) Private sector employees Section 101(11) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(11)) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting (including recovery from surgery related to organ donation) after physical or mental condition. (b) Federal civil service employees (1) Definition Section 6381(5) of title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting (including recovery from surgery related to organ donation) after physical or mental condition. (2) Relationship to organ donor leave Section 6382(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: An employee who takes any part of the 12-week period of leave under subsection (a)(1) to serve as an organ donor (including recovery from surgery related to organ donation) may elect to substitute, for as much of that part as possible, any leave available to the employee under section 6327..