Bill Text: NY S03678 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities installing new or replacement window coverings on or after October 1, 2016, 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 October 1, 2016, to meet certain safety standards established.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S03678 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03678-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3678--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 11, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and  Families  --
         committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring  cord-
         less  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. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
    2  390-i to read as follows:
    3    S 390-I. CORDLESS WINDOW COVERINGS REQUIRED. 1. FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS
    4  SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS SET FORTH BELOW:
    5    (A)  "BEADED CHAIN" MEANS A SERIES OF SMALL SPHERES, EQUALLY SPACED ON
    6  A CORD OR CONNECTED BY METAL SHAFTS USED TO RAISE  AND  LOWER  A  WINDOW
    7  COVERING.
    8    (B)  "CORD LOOP" MEANS A CURVING OR DOUBLING OF A BEADED CHAIN OR CORD
    9  TO FORM A CLOSED LOOP.
   10    (C) "CORDLESS WINDOW COVERINGS" INCLUDE:
   11    (I) A HORIZONTAL BLIND OR CELLULAR SHADE THAT HAS NO DRAW CORD AND THE
   12  INTERNAL LIFT CORD RUNS IN THE SLATS OF THE HORIZONTAL BLIND SO THAT THE
   13  CORD IS INCAPABLE OF FORMING A LOOP GREATER THAN 7.25 INCHES;
   14    (II) A ROMAN SHADE, ROLL-UP BLIND, OR WOVEN SHADE  THAT  HAS  NO  DRAW
   15  CORD AND THE LIFT CORD IS COMPLETELY ENCLOSED SO THAT IT IS NOT ACCESSI-
   16  BLE;
   17    (III)  A VERTICAL BLIND THAT HAS A WAND AS ITS OPERATING MECHANISM AND
   18  DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY BEADED CHAINS, CORDED PULLEYS, OR OTHER  CORD  LOOP
   19  OPERATING MECHANISMS; AND
   20    (IV) A ROLLER SHADE THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A CORD OR BEADED CHAIN.
   21    (D) "DRAW CORD" MEANS ANY FORM OF ROPE, STRAP, OR STRING USED TO RAISE
   22  OR LOWER A WINDOW COVERING.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05034-10-3
       S. 3678--A                          2
    1    (E)  "INTERNAL  LIFT  CORD"  MEANS A CORD THAT IS CONTAINED INSIDE THE
    2  BODY AND RAILS OF THE BLIND OR SHADE.
    3    (F) "WAND" MEANS A ROD USED TO:
    4    (I) ROTATE A VERTICAL BLIND; OR
    5    (II) TILT A HORIZONTAL BLIND.
    6    2. ANY AGENCY BOARDING HOME, GROUP HOME, CHILD DAY CARE CENTER, PUBLIC
    7  INSTITUTION  FOR  CHILDREN,  OR  ANY  AUTHORIZED  AGENCY NOT INCLUDING A
    8  FOSTER HOME, FAMILY DAY CARE CENTER OR  GROUP  FAMILY  DAY  CARE  CENTER
    9  INSTALLING  NEW  OR  REPLACEMENT  WINDOWS  SHALL INSTALL CORDLESS WINDOW
   10  COVERINGS OR WINDOW COVERINGS WITH INACCESSIBLE  OPERATIONAL  AND  INNER
   11  CORDS.
   12    3.  WINDOW  COVERINGS,  IN  PLACE  BEFORE  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
   13  SECTION, IN ANY AGENCY BOARDING HOME, GROUP HOME, CHILD DAY CARE CENTER,
   14  OR PUBLIC INSTITUTION FOR CHILDREN OR ANY AUTHORIZED AGENCY NOT  INCLUD-
   15  ING  A  FOSTER  HOME,  FAMILY  DAY  CARE CENTER OR GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE
   16  CENTER SHALL:
   17    (A) MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2012  OR  ANY  SUCCESSOR
   18  STANDARD  THERETO  ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANSI PROCEDURES, INCLUDING
   19  STANDARDS FOR:
   20    (I) ROMAN  SHADES,  ROLL-UP  SHADES,  WOVEN  SHADES,  AND  ALL  WINDOW
   21  COVERINGS WITH EXPOSED AND UNSECURED CORDS;
   22    (II) HORIZONTAL BLINDS, CELLULAR SHADES, AND ALL WINDOW COVERINGS THAT
   23  HAVE EXPOSED DRAW CORDS FOR THEIR OPERATION;
   24    (III)  VERTICAL  BLINDS  AND OTHER WINDOW COVERING PRODUCTS WITH LOOPS
   25  UTILIZED IN THEIR OPERATION; OR
   26    (B) BE RETROFITTED WITH REPAIR KITS APPROVED BY THE  CONSUMER  PRODUCT
   27  SAFETY  COMMISSION  FOR DISTRIBUTION TO CONSUMERS BY THE WINDOW COVERING
   28  SAFETY COUNCIL.
   29    4. IF A PERSON FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  SUBDIVISION
   30  THREE  OF  THIS SECTION, ON OR AFTER OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN
   31  THE  AUTHORIZED  AGENCY  MAY  REQUIRE  REPLACEMENT  OF  EXISTING  WINDOW
   32  COVERINGS  WITH CORDLESS WINDOW COVERINGS OR WINDOW COVERINGS WITH INAC-
   33  CESSIBLE OPERATIONAL AND INNER CORDS.
   34    S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
   35  have  become  a  law; provided that subdivision four of section 390-i of
   36  the social services law, as added by section one of this act, shall take
   37  effect on October 1, 2016. Effective immediately, the  addition,  amend-
   38  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   39  tation  of  this act on its effective date is authorized and directed to
   40  be made and completed on or before such effective date.