Delaware House Bill 3

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-09 - Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House
Pending: House Corrections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act creates a breastfeeding and lactation program within the DOC to provide lactation support to women in DOC custody. Among other things, it permits women to collect breast milk for later retrieval and delivery to an infant or toddler by an approved person. It also requires the DOC to provide nutrition information and a meal plan specific to pregnant, post-partum, or lactating women, based on national best practices. This Act further requires that DOC publish an annual report regarding the number of participants in the program and the nature of services provided.

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Breastfeeding.

Rep. DeShanna Neal [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Claire Snyder-Hall [D]	Rep. Melanie Ross Levin [D]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-09		Introduced and Assigned to Corrections Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141756
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141756&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB3