Bill Text: CA SB1254 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Lactation accommodation: state employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1254 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB1254-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1254 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Calderon
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
An act to add Chapter 5.3 (commencing with Section 19994.10) to
Part 2.6 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to
lactation accommodation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1254, as introduced, Calderon. Lactation accommodation: state
employees.
Existing law requires employers, including the state, to provide a
reasonable amount of break time to employees desiring to express
breast milk. Employers are also required to make reasonable efforts
to provide the use of a room, or other location, other than a toilet
stall, in close proximity to the employees' work area, for the
employee to express milk in private.
This bill would require every state agency and department,
including local offices, when notified by a female employee that she
is nearing maternity leave, to notify the employee, through its usual
channels of communication with state employees and in the most
cost-effective manner, of specified information regarding
breast-feeding, including an explanation and summary of the
provisions described above relating to lactation accommodation,
information regarding lactation accommodation on the Internet Web
site of the Department of Public Health, and a listing of other
comprehensive breast-feeding support organizations with Internet
links.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5.3 (commencing with Section 19994.10) is added
to Part 2.6 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to
read:
CHAPTER 5.3. LACTATION ACCOMMODATION
19994.10. (a) Through its usual channels of communication with
state employees, every state agency and department, including local
offices, when notified by a female employee that she is nearing
maternity leave, shall, in the most cost-effective manner, notify the
employee of the following information:
(b) Information regarding lactation accommodation on the Internet
Web site of the State Department of Public Health.
(c) An explanation and comprehensive summary of Chapter 3.8
(commencing with Section 1030) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Labor
Code.
(d) A listing of other comprehensive breast-feeding support
organizations and Internet links to their informational materials.
