NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5052

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to transportation
Mar 06, 2017	referred to transportation

2017-S5052 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §361-c, Pub Auth L; amd §20, Hway L; add §2505-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7713
2019-2020: S650
2021-2022: S3859
2023-2024: S3383, S9509

2017-S5052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the lactation accommodation in public transportation facilities act.

2017-S5052 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5052

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the public authorities law, the
highway law and the public health law, in relation to establishing the
lactation accommodation in public transportation facilities act

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill would require airports to provide a nursing space for
breastfeeding mothers behind the security screening area equipped with
a chair and an electrical outlet away from public view.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 states the title of the legislation.

Section 2 amend Section 361-c of the public authorities law to
identify thruway stops as facilities and to require the lactation
rooms along the NYS Thruway, as well as to identify the specifics of
this area.

Section 3 Amend Section 20 of the Highway Law to include a new
subdivision 5 to require the lactation rooms along the NYS Northway,
as well as to identify the specifics of this area.

Section 4 amends the public health law by adding a new section 2505-b

to require the lactation rooms at railroad stations and bus stations,
as well as identifies the specifics of this area.

Section 5 contains the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

One of the greatest struggles for breastfeeding mothers is the lack of
accommodations to safety and privately express milk and feed their
children in public places. This has been an issue for years that women
have fought for, to secure lactation rooms in the workplace as well as
public facilities. Only recently have states begun to pass laws that
help ensure that mothers have a private place to nurse their children
and pump breast milk.

More so, large airports have begun to take action on this women's need
and install nursing stations for women to express milk while traveling
for work or pleasure, who are often times stuck in an airport for
hours on end. With this first step, other means of transportation need
to provide these sanitary areas for nursing mothers as well. This
legislation would expand lactation rooms into New York State highway
rest stop facilities, particularly on the Thruway and Northway roads,
as well as railroad stations and bus stations.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S.7713: Referred to Transportation

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION :

This act shall take effect 30 days after enactment.

2017-S5052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5052
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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:
 
   Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "lactation
 accommodation in public transportation facilities act".
   § 2. Section 361-c of the public authorities law, as added by  chapter
 876 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
   § 361-c.  [Tourist  information]  SERVICE facilities. 1. The authority
 shall provide tourist information services at all  service  areas  where
 food  is offered for sale, provided that: the department of commerce and
 or local and regional  tourist  promotion  agencies  shall  provide  the
 authority with ample supplies of such literature and brochures necessary
 for distribution to the traveling public.
   2.  WHEN  THERE IS CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SERVICE AREA, OR THE REPLACE-
 MENT, EXPANSION, OR SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING SERVICE  AREA,
 THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  PROVIDE A PRIVATE ROOM FOR NURSING MOTHERS AT ALL
 SERVICE AREAS WHERE FOOD IS OFFERED FOR SALE. A PRIVATE ROOM FOR NURSING
 MOTHERS MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR, A SINK AND AN ELECTRICAL  OUTLET;
 AND
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CONFINEMENT OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
   § 3. Section 20 of the highway law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion 5 to read as follows:
   5.  WHEN  THERE  IS  CONSTRUCTION  OF A NEW ROADSIDE REST AREA, OR THE
 REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION, OR SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION OF AN  EXISTING  ROAD-
 SIDE  REST  AREA  WHICH HAS A RESTROOM ALONG NEW YORK INTERSTATE EIGHTY-
 SEVEN BETWEEN EXIT ONE IN THE TOWN OF GUILDERLAND AND  EXIT  FORTY-THREE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD04716-02-7

 S. 5052                             2
 
 IN  THE TOWN OF CHAMPLAIN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS STATE ROUTE EIGHTY-SEVEN OR
 THE NORTHWAY, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE FOR A PRIVATE ROOM OR  AREA
 FOR  NURSING  MOTHERS.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A PRIVATE ROOM FOR
 NURSING MOTHERS SHALL: (A) INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR, A SINK AND AN
 ELECTRICAL  OUTLET;  AND  (B)  BE  LOCATED  OUTSIDE THE CONFINEMENT OF A
 PUBLIC RESTROOM.
   § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2505-b
 to read as follows:
   §  2505-B.  PRIVATE PLACE FOR NURSING MOTHERS. 1. ON OR BEFORE JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, THE MANAGER OF A RAILROAD STATION OR  BUS
 STATION,  CONSISTING  OF  AN  INDOOR WAITING AREA WITH PUBLIC RESTROOMS,
 OPERATED BY A CITY, COUNTY, CITY AND COUNTY, STATE,  OR  PUBLIC  BENEFIT
 CORPORATION,  THAT CONDUCTS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND THAT HAS MORE THAN
 FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PASSENGERS A YEAR, SHALL PROVIDE A ROOM  OR  OTHER
 LOCATION  FOR  MEMBERS  OF  THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK IN PRIVATE
 THAT MEETS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR, A SINK AND AN ELECTRICAL  OUTLET;
 AND
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
   2.  UPON  CONSTRUCTION  OF A NEW STATION THAT HAS INDOOR WAITING AREAS
 WITH PUBLIC RESTROOMS OR THE REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF AN
 EXISTING STATION, A RAILROAD OR BUS STATION SHALL PROVIDE A SINK IN  ANY
 ROOM  OR OTHER LOCATION DESIGNATED TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION.
   3. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING STATION"  MEANS
 THE  REPURPOSING  OF  MORE  THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE SPACE IN THE
 STATION.
   4. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO RAILROAD  STATIONS  OPERATED
 FOR  THE  SOLE  PURPOSE  OF  A  SUBWAY STATION OR RAPID TRANSIT RAILROAD
 STATION.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

2017-S5052 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S5052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S5052 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

2017-S5052 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S5052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S5052 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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