Bill Text: NY S05052 | 2017-2018 | 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) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05052 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05052-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5052
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 6, 2017
                                       ___________
        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-
    24  seven between exit one in the town of Guilderland and  exit  forty-three
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04716-02-7
        S. 5052                             2
     1  in  the town of Champlain, commonly known as state route eighty-seven or
     2  the northway, the commissioner shall provide for a private room or  area
     3  for  nursing  mothers.  For purposes of this section, a private room for
     4  nursing mothers shall: (a) include, at a minimum, a chair, a sink and an
     5  electrical  outlet;  and  (b)  be  located  outside the confinement of a
     6  public restroom.
     7    § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2505-b
     8  to read as follows:
     9    §  2505-b.  Private place for nursing mothers. 1. On or before January
    10  first, two thousand seventeen, the manager of a railroad station or  bus
    11  station,  consisting  of  an  indoor waiting area with public restrooms,
    12  operated by a city, county, city and county, state,  or  public  benefit
    13  corporation,  that conducts commercial operations and that has more than
    14  five hundred thousand passengers a year, shall provide a room  or  other
    15  location  for  members  of  the public to express breast milk in private
    16  that meets both of the following conditions:
    17    (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair, a sink and an electrical  outlet;
    18  and
    19    (b) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom.
    20    2.  Upon  construction  of a new station that has indoor waiting areas
    21  with public restrooms or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an
    22  existing station, a railroad or bus station shall provide a sink in  any
    23  room  or other location designated to comply with the provisions of this
    24  section.
    25    3. As used in this section, "renovation of an existing station"  means
    26  the  repurposing  of  more  than twenty-five percent of the space in the
    27  station.
    28    4. Nothing in this section shall apply to railroad  stations  operated
    29  for  the  sole  purpose  of  a  subway station or rapid transit railroad
    30  station.
    31    § 5. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    32  have become a law.