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Int 1662-2019

Training and inspections regarding lactation rooms.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Women and Gender Equityintroduced 2019-08-14

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2019-08-14Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide mandatory annual training to staff at locations required to make lactation rooms available, including protocols for providing access to the rooms and cleaning and maintaining them. In addition, the Department would be required to inspect the lactation rooms at least quarterly for cleanliness, safety and accessibility.

Committee on Women and Gender EquityIssues relating to advancing the economic mobility, social inclusion, leadership and civic participation of women and girls, domestic violence, Office to End Gender-Based Violence and the Commission on Gender Equity.

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36 passed · 14 died

This bill: 870 days in committee

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Sponsors (11)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-08-14 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-08-14 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2020-10-28 · Committee on Women and Gender Equity
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2020-10-28 · Committee on Women and Gender Equity
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2020-10-28 · Committee on Health
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2020-10-28 · Committee on Health
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (7)

Committee on Health · 2020-10-28 · 10:00 AM · - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1) -
Committee on Women and Gender Equity · 2020-10-28 · 10:00 AM · REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1)
Committee on Health · 2020-04-02 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Women and Gender Equity · 2020-04-02 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Health · 2020-02-25 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Women and Gender Equity · 2020-02-25 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2019-08-14 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (8)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision f of section 17-199.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 94 for the year 2016 and renumbered by local law number 184 for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows: [f.] h. The department may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section including, but not limited to, establishing training programs for staff working at locations required to make a lactation room available pursuant to [subdivision b] this section, and providing guidelines concerning the location of a lactation room. � 2. Section 17-199.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new subdivisions f and g to read as follows: f. The department shall provide mandatory training to all staff members working at each location required to make a lactation room available pursuant to this section. Such training shall be provided no less frequently than annually and shall include, but need not be limited to, protocols for making such lactation rooms available to individuals who request to use them and cleaning and maintaining such lactation rooms. g. The department shall conduct an inspection of every lactation room required to be made available pursuant to this section. Such inspections shall be conducted no less frequently than quarterly and shall assess the cleanliness, safety and accessibility of such lactation rooms. � 4. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law. NAB LS # 10545/10566/10573/10574 8/9/19 2