Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 31, 2016 |
referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 06, 2016 |
ordered to third reading cal.19 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 24, 2015 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jun 08, 2015 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.44 rules report cal.44 reported |
Jun 02, 2015 |
reported referred to rules |
Feb 10, 2015 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A277
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PAULIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Sandy Galef
Jose Rivera
Andrew Hevesi
multi-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
2015-A277 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A277 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 277 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, GALEF, RIVERA, HEVESI, SCHIMEL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the Crohn's and colitis fairness act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Crohn's and colitis fairness act". S 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 19 to read as follows: ARTICLE 19 CROHN'S AND COLITIS FAIRNESS ACT SECTION 1900. DEFINITION. 1901. ACCESS TO RESTROOM FACILITIES. 1902. REQUIRED CHANGES. S 1900. DEFINITION. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, "ELIGIBLE MEDICAL CONDI- TION" MEANS CROHN'S DISEASE, ULCERATIVE COLITIS, ANY OTHER INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME OR ANY OTHER MEDICAL CONDITION THAT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO A TOILET FACILITY. S 1901. ACCESS TO RESTROOM FACILITIES. A PLACE OF BUSINESS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE SALE OF GOODS OR SERVICES THAT HAS A TOILET FACILITY FOR ITS EMPLOYEES SHALL ALLOW ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LAWFULLY ON THE PREMISES OF SUCH PLACE OF BUSINESS TO USE THAT TOILET FACILITY DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, EVEN IF THE PLACE OF BUSINESS DOES NOT NORMALLY MAKE THE EMPLOYEE TOILET FACILITY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, PROVIDED THAT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET: 1. THE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTING THE USE OF THE EMPLOYEE TOILET FACILITY HAS AN ELIGIBLE MEDICAL CONDITION OR UTILIZES AN OSTOMY DEVICE, PROVIDED THAT THE PLACE OF BUSINESS MAY REQUIRE THE INDIVIDUAL TO PRESENT REASON- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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