Bill Text: NY A04402 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to establishing the lactation accommodation in public transportation facilities act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A04402 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04402-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4402
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 4, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  the  highway  law  and  the
          public  health law, in relation to establishing the lactation accommo-
          dation in public transportation facilities act
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "lactation
     2  accommodation in public transportation facilities act".
     3    § 2. Section 361-c of the public authorities law, as added by  chapter
     4  876 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 361-c.  [Tourist  information]  Service facilities. 1. The authority
     6  shall provide tourist information services at all  service  areas  where
     7  food  is offered for sale, provided that: the department of commerce and
     8  or local and regional  tourist  promotion  agencies  shall  provide  the
     9  authority with ample supplies of such literature and brochures necessary
    10  for distribution to the traveling public.
    11    2.  When  there is construction of a new service area, or the replace-
    12  ment, expansion, or substantial renovation of an existing service  area,
    13  the  authority  shall  provide a private room for nursing mothers at all
    14  service areas where food is offered for sale. A private room for nursing
    15  mothers must meet the following conditions:
    16    (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; and
    17    (b) is located outside the confinement of a public restroom.
    18    § 3. Section 20 of the highway law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
    19  sion 5 to read as follows:
    20    5. When there is construction of a new  roadside  rest  area,  or  the
    21  replacement,  expansion,  or substantial renovation of an existing road-
    22  side rest area which has a restroom along New  York  interstate  eighty-
    23  seven  between  exit one in the town of Guilderland and exit forty-three
    24  in the town of Champlain, commonly known as state route eighty-seven  or
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  the  northway, the commissioner shall provide for a private room or area
     2  for nursing mothers. For purposes of this section, a  private  room  for
     3  nursing  mothers  shall: (a) include, at a minimum, a chair and an elec-
     4  trical  outlet;  and  (b) be located outside the confinement of a public
     5  restroom.
     6    § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2505-b
     7  to read as follows:
     8    §  2505-b.  Private place for nursing mothers. 1. On or before January
     9  first, two thousand eighteen, the manager of a railroad station  or  bus
    10  station,  consisting  of  an  indoor waiting area with public restrooms,
    11  operated by a city, county, city and county, state,  or  public  benefit
    12  corporation,  that conducts commercial operations and that has more than
    13  five hundred thousand passengers a year, shall provide a room  or  other
    14  location  for  members  of  the public to express breast milk in private
    15  that meets both of the following conditions:
    16    (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; and
    17    (b) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom.
    18    2. Upon construction of a new station that has  indoor  waiting  areas
    19  with public restrooms or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an
    20  existing  station, a railroad or bus station shall provide a sink in any
    21  room or other location designated to comply with the provisions of  this
    22  section.
    23    3.  As used in this section, "renovation of an existing station" means
    24  the repurposing of more than twenty-five percent of  the  space  in  the
    25  station.
    26    4.  Nothing  in this section shall apply to railroad stations operated
    27  for the sole purpose of a  subway  station  or  rapid  transit  railroad
    28  station.
    29    §  5.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    30  have become a law.