Bill Text: NY A00405 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes "Brendan's law"; requires child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities installing new or replacement window coverings to install cordless window coverings; requires child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities that have window coverings in place before the effective date of this section to meet safety standards established in ANSI/WCMA A 100.1-2012 or any successor standard.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-06 - reported referred to rules [A00405 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00405-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        405--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, GUNTHER, ROBINSON, WEPRIN,
         BUCHWALD, JAFFEE, ROBERTS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  ARROYO,
         CLARK,  COOK,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  MAGEE,  PERRY,  SCHIMEL  -- read once and
         referred to the  Committee  on  Children  and  Families  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN  ACT  in  relation  to  establishing  Brendan's law; and to amend the
         social  services  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  cordless   window
         coverings  in child day care centers, public institutions for children
         and certain other facilities
         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 "Brendan's
    2  Law".
    3    S 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section  390-j
    4  to read as follows:
    5    S  390-J.  CORDLESS WINDOW COVERINGS REQUIRED. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
    6  SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS SET FORTH BELOW:
    7    (A) "BEADED CHAIN" MEANS A SERIES OF SMALL SPHERES, EQUALLY SPACED  ON
    8  A  CORD  OR  CONNECTED  BY METAL SHAFTS USED TO RAISE AND LOWER A WINDOW
    9  COVERING.
   10    (B) "CORD LOOP" MEANS A CURVING OR DOUBLING OF A BEADED CHAIN OR  CORD
   11  TO FORM A CLOSED LOOP.
   12    (C) "CORDLESS WINDOW COVERING" MEANS:
   13    (I) A HORIZONTAL BLIND OR CELLULAR SHADE THAT HAS NO DRAW CORD AND THE
   14  INTERNAL LIFT CORD RUNS IN THE SLATS OF THE HORIZONTAL BLIND SO THAT THE
   15  CORD IS INCAPABLE OF FORMING A LOOP GREATER THAN 7.25 INCHES;
   16    (II)  A  ROMAN  SHADE,  ROLL-UP BLIND, OR WOVEN SHADE THAT HAS NO DRAW
   17  CORD AND THE LIFT CORD IS COMPLETELY ENCLOSED SO THAT IT IS NOT ACCESSI-
   18  BLE;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04116-02-5
       A. 405--A                           2
    1    (III) A VERTICAL BLIND THAT HAS A WAND AS ITS OPERATING MECHANISM  AND
    2  DOES  NOT  CONTAIN ANY BEADED CHAINS, CORDED PULLEYS, OR OTHER CORD LOOP
    3  OPERATING MECHANISMS; AND
    4    (IV) A ROLLER SHADE THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A CORD OR BEADED CHAIN.
    5    (D) "DRAW CORD" MEANS ANY FORM OF ROPE, STRAP, OR STRING USED TO RAISE
    6  OR LOWER A WINDOW COVERING.
    7    (E)  "INTERNAL  LIFT  CORD"  MEANS A CORD THAT IS CONTAINED INSIDE THE
    8  BODY AND RAILS OF THE BLIND OR SHADE.
    9    (F) "WAND" MEANS A ROD USED TO:
   10    (I) ROTATE A VERTICAL BLIND; OR
   11    (II) TILT A HORIZONTAL BLIND.
   12    2. ANY AGENCY BOARDING HOME, GROUP HOME, CHILD DAY CARE CENTER, PUBLIC
   13  INSTITUTION FOR CHILDREN, OR  ANY  AUTHORIZED  AGENCY  NOT  INCLUDING  A
   14  FOSTER  HOME,  FAMILY  DAY  CARE  CENTER OR GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE CENTER
   15  INSTALLING NEW OR REPLACEMENT WINDOW COVERINGS  SHALL  INSTALL  CORDLESS
   16  WINDOW  COVERINGS  OR WINDOW COVERINGS WITH INACCESSIBLE OPERATIONAL AND
   17  INNER CORDS.
   18    3. ANY AGENCY BOARDING HOME, GROUP HOME, CHILD  DAY  CARE  CENTER,  OR
   19  PUBLIC INSTITUTION FOR CHILDREN OR ANY AUTHORIZED AGENCY NOT INCLUDING A
   20  FOSTER HOME, FAMILY DAY CARE CENTER OR GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE CENTER THAT
   21  HAS  WINDOW  COVERINGS  IN  PLACE  PRIOR  TO  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
   22  SECTION, SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANSI/WCMA A  100.1-2012  OR  ANY
   23  SUCCESSOR STANDARD THERETO, INCLUDING STANDARDS FOR:
   24    (A)  ROMAN  SHADES,  ROLL-UP  SHADES,  WOVEN  SHADES,  AND  ALL WINDOW
   25  COVERINGS WITH EXPOSED AND UNSECURED CORDS;
   26    (B) HORIZONTAL BLINDS, CELLULAR SHADES, AND ALL WINDOW COVERINGS  THAT
   27  HAVE DRAW CORDS FOR THEIR OPERATION; AND
   28    (C)  VERTICAL  BLINDS  AND  OTHER  WINDOW COVERING PRODUCTS WITH LOOPS
   29  UTILIZED IN THEIR OPERATION.
   30    4. IF A PERSON FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  SUBDIVISION
   31  THREE  OF THIS SECTION, THE AUTHORIZED AGENCY MAY REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF
   32  EXISTING WINDOW COVERINGS  WITH  CORDLESS  WINDOW  COVERINGS  OR  WINDOW
   33  COVERINGS WITH INACCESSIBLE OPERATIONAL AND INNER CORDS.
   34    S 3. This act shall take effect twenty-four months after it shall have
   35  become  a  law.    Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
   36  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
   37  this  act  on  its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
   38  and completed on or before such effective date.