Bill Text: NY S09509 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the lactation accommodation in public transportation facilities act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S09509 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09509-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9509

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  the  highway  law  and  the
          public  health law, in relation to establishing the lactation accommo-
          dation in public transportation facilities act

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "lactation accommodation in public transportation facilities act".
     3    § 2. Section 361-c of the public authorities law, as added by  chapter
     4  876 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 361-c.  [Tourist  information]  Service facilities. 1. The authority
     6  shall provide tourist information services at all  service  areas  where
     7  food  is offered for sale, provided that: the department of commerce and
     8  or local and regional  tourist  promotion  agencies  shall  provide  the
     9  authority with ample supplies of such literature and brochures necessary
    10  for distribution to the traveling public.
    11    2.  When  there is construction of a new service area, or the replace-
    12  ment, expansion, or substantial renovation of an existing service  area,
    13  the  authority  shall  provide a private room for nursing mothers at all
    14  service areas where food is offered for sale. A private room for nursing
    15  mothers must meet the following conditions:
    16    (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; and
    17    (b) is located outside the confinement of a public restroom.
    18    § 3. Section 20 of the highway law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
    19  sion 5 to read as follows:
    20    5. When there is construction of a new  roadside  rest  area,  or  the
    21  replacement,  expansion,  or substantial renovation of an existing road-
    22  side rest area which has a restroom along New  York  interstate  eighty-
    23  seven  between  exit one in the town of Guilderland and exit forty-three
    24  in the town of Champlain, commonly known as state route eighty-seven  or
    25  the  northway, the commissioner shall provide for a private room or area
    26  for nursing mothers. For purposes of this section, a  private  room  for
    27  nursing  mothers  shall: (a) include, at a minimum, a chair and an elec-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  trical outlet; and (b) be located outside the confinement  of  a  public
     2  restroom.
     3    §  4.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2505-c
     4  to read as follows:
     5    § 2505-c. Private place for nursing mothers. 1. On or  before  January
     6  first,  two  thousand  twenty-five, the manager of a railroad station or
     7  bus station, consisting of an indoor waiting area with public restrooms,
     8  operated by a city, county, city and county, state,  or  public  benefit
     9  corporation,  that conducts commercial operations and that has more than
    10  five hundred thousand passengers a year, shall provide a room  or  other
    11  location  for  members  of  the public to express breast milk in private
    12  that meets both of the 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. Upon construction of a new station that has  indoor  waiting  areas
    16  with public restrooms or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an
    17  existing  station, a railroad or bus station shall provide a sink in any
    18  room or other location designated to comply with the provisions of  this
    19  section.
    20    3.  As used in this section, "renovation of an existing station" means
    21  the repurposing of more than twenty-five percent of  the  space  in  the
    22  station.
    23    4.  Nothing  in this section shall apply to railroad stations operated
    24  for the sole purpose of a  subway  station  or  rapid  transit  railroad
    25  station.
    26    §  5.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    27  have become a law.