Bill Text: TX HB741 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the right of a public employee to express breast milk in the workplace.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-15 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB741 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB741-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the right of a public employee to express breast milk in the workplace.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-15 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB741 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB741-Introduced.html
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By: Walle | H.B. No. 741 |
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relating to the right of a public employee to breast-feed, or to | ||
express breast milk for, the employee's child in the workplace. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 6, Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Chapter 619 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 619. RIGHT TO BREAST-FEED OR EXPRESS BREAST MILK | ||
IN THE WORKPLACE | ||
Sec. 619.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "public | ||
employer" means a: | ||
(1) county, municipality, or other political | ||
subdivision of this state, including a school district; or | ||
(2) board, commission, office, department, or other | ||
agency in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state | ||
government, including an institution of higher education. | ||
Sec. 619.002. RIGHT TO BREAST-FEED OR EXPRESS BREAST MILK. | ||
An employee of a public employer is entitled to breast-feed, or | ||
express breast milk for, the employee's child at the employee's | ||
workplace. | ||
Sec. 619.003. BREAST-FEEDING POLICY. (a) A public employer | ||
shall develop a written policy supporting women who want to | ||
continue breast-feeding after returning from maternity leave. | ||
(b) A policy developed under Subsection (a) must state that | ||
the public employer shall: | ||
(1) support and encourage the practice of | ||
breast-feeding; and | ||
(2) accommodate the breast-feeding needs of | ||
employees. | ||
Sec. 619.004. PUBLIC EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES. A public | ||
employer shall: | ||
(1) provide a reasonable amount of break time at | ||
appropriate intervals to accommodate an employee desiring to | ||
breast-feed or express breast milk under this chapter; and | ||
(2) provide a room or other location in close | ||
proximity to the employee's work area, other than a toilet stall or | ||
restroom, with an accessible electrical outlet and a locking door | ||
where the employee can breast-feed or express breast milk in | ||
private. | ||
Sec. 619.005. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. (a) A public | ||
employer may not suspend or terminate the employment of, or | ||
otherwise discriminate against, an employee based on the employee's | ||
exercise of her right to breast-feed or express breast milk in the | ||
workplace under this chapter. | ||
(b) The refusal of a public employer to comply with the | ||
requirements of this chapter constitutes an unlawful employment | ||
practice under Chapter 21, Labor Code. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |