Bill Text: NY A06905 | 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) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A06905 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06905-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6905

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "lactation
     2  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

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