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N.Y. Public Health Law § 2505-b: Lactation accommodations in airports

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  1. Public Health Law
  2. Article 25. Maternal and Child Health
  3. Title 1. General Provisions

§ 2505-b. Lactation accommodations in airports. 1. The terminal

operator of a commercial service airport owned or operated by a county,

city, town, village, or state or local authority that has one million or

more enplanements a year shall provide a room or other location at each

airport passenger terminal behind the airport security screening area

for members of the public to express breast milk in private that meets

the following conditions:

(a) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet;

(b) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom; and

(c) upon completion of the construction of a new passenger terminal,

or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing passenger

terminal, includes a sink.

2. The terminal operator of a commercial service airport owned or

operated by a county, city, town, village, or state or local authority

that has fewer than one million, but more than ten thousand enplanements

a year shall, upon completion of the construction of a new passenger

terminal, or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing

passenger terminal, provide a room or other location at each airport

passenger terminal behind the airport security screening area for

members of the public to express breast milk in private that meets 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.

3. As used in this section, "renovation of an existing passenger

terminal" means the repurposing of more than twenty-five percent of the

space in the passenger terminal.

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