Bill Text: NY A07989 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mandates the provision of lactation accommodations in airports.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-02 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [A07989 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A07989-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7989 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 3, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to mandating the provision of lactation accommodations in airports 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 airports act". 3 S 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2505-b 4 to read as follows: 5 S 2505-B. PRIVATE PLACE FOR NURSING MOTHERS. 1. ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 6 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, THE AIRPORT MANAGER OF AN AIRPORT OPER- 7 ATED BY A CITY, COUNTY, CITY AND COUNTY, OR AIRPORT DISTRICT THAT 8 CONDUCTS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND THAT HAS MORE THAN ONE MILLION 9 ENPLANEMENTS A YEAR SHALL PROVIDE A ROOM OR OTHER LOCATION AT EACH 10 AIRPORT TERMINAL BEHIND THE AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENING AREA FOR MEMBERS 11 OF THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK IN PRIVATE THAT MEETS BOTH OF THE 12 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 13 (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET; AND 14 (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM. 15 2. AN AIRPORT THAT CONDUCTS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS WITH FEWER THAN ONE 16 MILLION ENPLANEMENTS A YEAR SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVI- 17 SIONS ONE AND THREE OF THIS SECTION UPON NEW TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION OR 18 THE REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING TERMINAL. 19 3. UPON CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TERMINAL OR THE REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION, 20 OR RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING TERMINAL, AN AIRPORT SHALL PROVIDE A SINK 21 IN ANY ROOM OR OTHER LOCATION DESIGNATED TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS 22 OF THIS SECTION. 23 4. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING TERMINAL" MEANS 24 THE REPURPOSING OF MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE SPACE IN THE 25 TERMINAL. 26 S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 27 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11403-01-5