Bill Text: NY S06026 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mandates the provision of lactation accommodations in airports.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-24 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06026 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06026-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6026
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    August 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       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