Bill Text: NY S00650 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 [S00650 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S00650-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 650 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee 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, a sink and an electrical outlet; 17 and 18 (b) is located outside the confinement of a public restroom. 19 § 3. Section 20 of the highway law is amended by adding a new subdivi- 20 sion 5 to read as follows: 21 5. When there is construction of a new roadside rest area, or the 22 replacement, expansion, or substantial renovation of an existing road- 23 side rest area which has a restroom along New York interstate eighty- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03585-03-9S. 650 2 1 seven between exit one in the town of Guilderland and exit forty-three 2 in the town of Champlain, commonly known as state route eighty-seven or 3 the northway, the commissioner shall provide for a private room or area 4 for nursing mothers. For purposes of this section, a private room for 5 nursing mothers shall: (a) include, at a minimum, a chair, a sink and an 6 electrical outlet; and (b) be located outside the confinement of a 7 public restroom. 8 § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2505-b 9 to read as follows: 10 § 2505-b. Private place for nursing mothers. 1. On or before January 11 first, two thousand nineteen, the manager of a railroad station or bus 12 station, consisting of an indoor waiting area with public restrooms, 13 operated by a city, county, city and county, state, or public benefit 14 corporation, that conducts commercial operations and that has more than 15 five hundred thousand passengers a year, shall provide a room or other 16 location for members of the public to express breast milk in private 17 that meets both of the following conditions: 18 (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair, a sink and an electrical outlet; 19 and 20 (b) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom. 21 2. Upon construction of a new station that has indoor waiting areas 22 with public restrooms or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an 23 existing station, a railroad or bus station shall provide a sink in any 24 room or other location designated to comply with the provisions of this 25 section. 26 3. As used in this section, "renovation of an existing station" means 27 the repurposing of more than twenty-five percent of the space in the 28 station. 29 4. Nothing in this section shall apply to railroad stations operated 30 for the sole purpose of a subway station or rapid transit railroad 31 station. 32 § 5. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 33 have become a law.