NY State Assembly Bill A1982

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 18, 2017	approval memo.42 signed chap.471
Dec 06, 2017	delivered to governor
Jun 19, 2017	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.647 substituted for s3295
Mar 28, 2017	referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly
Feb 09, 2017	advanced to third reading cal.48
Feb 07, 2017	reported
Jan 24, 2017	reported referred to codes
Jan 17, 2017	referred to health

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A1982 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3295
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 19 §§1900 - 1902, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A807
2011-2012: A83, S7153
2013-2014: A5099, S4803
2015-2016: A277, S4918

A1982 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Crohn's and colitis fairness act"; provides restroom access to persons with certain medical conditions; defines the term eligible medical condition.

A1982 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1982

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, GALEF, RIVERA, HEVESI, FAHY --
  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".
  § 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.
  §  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.
  § 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.
                                                           LBD01074-01-7

A. 1982                             2

ABLE  EVIDENCE  THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS AN ELIGIBLE MEDICAL CONDITION OR
USES AN OSTOMY DEVICE;
  2.  TWO  OR MORE EMPLOYEES OF THE PLACE OF BUSINESS ARE WORKING AT THE
TIME THE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS USE OF THE EMPLOYEE TOILET FACILITY;
  3.   THE EMPLOYEE TOILET FACILITY IS NOT  LOCATED  IN  AN  AREA  WHERE
PROVIDING  ACCESS  WOULD  CREATE AN OBVIOUS HEALTH OR SAFETY RISK TO THE
REQUESTING INDIVIDUAL OR CREATE AN OBVIOUS SECURITY RISK TO THE PLACE OF
BUSINESS;
  4. USE OF THE TOILET FACILITY WOULD NOT CREATE AN  OBVIOUS  HEALTH  OR
SAFETY RISK TO THE REQUESTING INDIVIDUAL; AND
  5.  A  PUBLIC RESTROOM IS NOT IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE TO THE REQUESTING
INDIVIDUAL.
  § 1902. REQUIRED CHANGES. NOTHING IN SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED  ONE  OF
THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS REQUIRING A PLACE OF BUSINESS OPEN TO
THE  GENERAL  PUBLIC FOR THE SALE OF GOODS OR SERVICES THAT HAS A TOILET
FACILITY FOR ITS EMPLOYEES TO MAKE ANY PHYSICAL CHANGES TO  AN  EMPLOYEE
TOILET FACILITY.
  § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall become law, provided that effective immediately, the addition,
amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary  for  the
implementation  of  this  act  on  its effective date are authorized and
directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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Jun 19, 2017 - floor Vote

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Jeffrey Dinowitz

Sandy Galef

Jose Rivera

Andrew Hevesi

Patricia Fahy

Shelley Mayer

David Weprin

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Richard Gottfried

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A1982 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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