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A07989 Summary:

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A07989 Committee Votes:

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:05/17/2016AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable         
Gottfried
Aye
Raia
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Galef
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Walter
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Duprey
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Titone
Aye
Mayer
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Steck
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Kim
Aye

A07989 Floor Votes:

A07989 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7989
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 3, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  mandating  the
          provision of lactation accommodations in airports
 
          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 airports act".
     3    §  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2505-b
     4  to read as follows:
     5    § 2505-b. Private place for nursing mothers. 1. On or  before  January
     6  first,  two  thousand seventeen, the airport manager of an airport oper-
     7  ated by a city, county,  city  and  county,  or  airport  district  that
     8  conducts  commercial  operations  and  that  has  more  than one million
     9  enplanements a year shall provide a  room  or  other  location  at  each
    10  airport  terminal behind the airport security screening area for members
    11  of the public to express breast milk in private that meets both  of  the
    12  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.  An airport that conducts commercial operations with fewer than one
    16  million enplanements a year shall comply with the provisions of subdivi-
    17  sions one and three of this section upon new  terminal  construction  or
    18  the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing terminal.
    19    3.  Upon construction of a new terminal or the replacement, expansion,
    20  or renovation of an existing terminal, an airport shall provide  a  sink
    21  in  any  room or other location designated to comply with the provisions
    22  of this section.
    23    4. As used in this section, "renovation of an existing terminal" means
    24  the repurposing of more than twenty-five percent of  the  space  in  the
    25  terminal.
    26    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    27  have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11403-01-5