Assembly Bill A4586

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides that lactation rooms in service areas which are maintained or operated by the New York state thruway authority shall display information for services related to human trafficking

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A4586 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5827
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §389, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10705

2023-A4586 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that lactation rooms in service areas which are maintained or operated by the New York state thruway authority shall display information for services related to human trafficking.

2023-A4586 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4586
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to information
   concerning services for human trafficking victims in  certain  facili-
   ties at service areas

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 389 of the public  authorities  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 394 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   §  389.  Information concerning services for human trafficking victims
 in facilities at service areas. 1. In addition to providing  information
 concerning   services  for  human  trafficking  victims,  including  the
 national human  trafficking  hotline  telephone  number  on  its  closed
 circuit  television  systems, any service area maintained or operated by
 the authority shall make available in plain view and  in  a  conspicuous
 place  and  manner  in  the public restrooms AND IN ANY LACTATION ROOMS,
 informational cards and/or signs developed by:
   [(i)] (A) the office of temporary and disability assistance in consul-
 tation with the New York state interagency task force on human traffick-
 ing; or
   [(ii)] (B) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
   2. All informational cards and signs shall  only  contain  information
 concerning  services for human trafficking victims and shall prominently
 include the national human trafficking hotline telephone number.
   3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "LACTATION ROOM" SHALL MEAN A HYGIEN-
 IC PLACE, OTHER THAN A RESTROOM, THAT: (A) IS SHIELDED FROM VIEW; (B) IS
 FREE FROM INTRUSION; (C) CONTAINS A CHAIR, A WORKING  SURFACE,  AND,  IF
 THE  BUILDING  IS  OTHERWISE    SUPPLIED WITH ELECTRICITY, AN ELECTRICAL
 OUTLET; AND (D) IS INTENDED TO  BE  USED  FOR  THE  PRIMARY  PURPOSE  OF
 BREASTFEEDING OR EXPRESSING BREAST MILK.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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