Bill Text: NY S06574 | 2017-2018 | 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, 2018, to install safer window coverings; requires child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities that have window coverings in place before October 1, 2018, to meet minimum safety standards established by ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2012.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-01 - PRINT NUMBER 6574A [S06574 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06574-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6574--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 5, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee on Children and Families in accordance with Senate Rule
          6, sec. 8 -- 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-l to read as follows:
     3    §  390-l. Cordless window coverings required.  1. For purposes of this
     4  section, the definitions set forth in ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2012 shall apply.
     5    2. Any agency boarding home, group home, child day care center, public
     6  institution for children, or  any  authorized  agency  not  including  a
     7  foster  home,  family  day  care  center or group family day care center
     8  installing new or replacement  window  coverings  on  or  after  October
     9  first,  two  thousand  eighteen, shall install cordless window coverings
    10  that meet the requirements of ANSI/WCMA  A100.1-2012  or  any  successor
    11  standard  thereto  adopted in accordance with ANSI procedures. In window
    12  applications where cordless window  covering  products  are  either  not
    13  available or impractical to operate due to window size, height, or shape
    14  and  documented  in  writing  by  at  least two New York window covering
    15  retailers, then non-cordless window  covering  products  that  meet  the
    16  requirements of ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2012 may be allowed.
    17    3.  Window coverings in place before October first, two thousand eigh-
    18  teen in 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
    21  shall:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (a) meet the requirements of a version of ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2012 or any
     2  successor standard thereto adopted in accordance with  ANSI  procedures,
     3  including standards for:
     4    (i)  roman  shades,  roll-up  shades,  woven  shades,  and  all window
     5  coverings with exposed and unsecured cords;
     6    (ii) horizontal blinds, cellular shades, and all window coverings that
     7  have exposed draw cords for their operation;
     8    (iii) vertical blinds and other window covering  products  with  loops
     9  utilized in their operation; or
    10    (b)  be  retrofitted with repair kits approved by the Consumer Product
    11  Safety Commission for distribution to consumers by the  Window  Covering
    12  Safety Council.
    13    4.  If  a  person fails to comply with the requirements of subdivision
    14  three of this section, the authorized agency may require replacement  of
    15  existing  window  coverings with cordless window coverings that meet the
    16  requirements of ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2012 or any successor standard  thereto
    17  adopted  in  accordance  with  ANSI procedures.   In window applications
    18  where cordless window covering products  are  either  not  available  or
    19  impractical  to  operate  due to window size, height, or shape and docu-
    20  mented in writing by at least two New York  window  covering  retailers,
    21  then non-cordless window covering products that meet the requirements of
    22  ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2012 may be allowed.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2018 provided that subdivi-
    24  sion  4 of section 390-l of the social services law, as added by section
    25  one of this act, shall take effect October 1, 2020. Effective immediate-
    26  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    27  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
    28  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
    29  effective date.