Bill Text: NY S09509 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 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. LBD05052-03-4S. 9509 2 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.