Bill Text: TX HB741 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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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-Comm_Sub.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-Comm_Sub.html
83R16186 EAH-F | |||
By: Walle, Hernandez Luna | H.B. No. 741 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 741: | |||
By: Oliveira | C.S.H.B. No. 741 |
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relating to the right of a public employee to express breast milk 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 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 EXPRESS BREAST MILK. An employee of a | ||
public employer is entitled to express breast milk at the | ||
employee's workplace. | ||
Sec. 619.003. POLICY ON EXPRESSING BREAST MILK. (a) A | ||
public employer shall develop a written policy on the expression of | ||
breast milk by employees under this chapter. | ||
(b) A policy developed under Subsection (a) must state that | ||
the public employer shall: | ||
(1) support the practice of expressing breast milk; | ||
and | ||
(2) make reasonable accommodations for the needs of | ||
employees who express breast milk. | ||
Sec. 619.004. PUBLIC EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES. A public | ||
employer shall: | ||
(1) provide a reasonable amount of break time for an | ||
employee to express breast milk each time the employee has need to | ||
express the milk; and | ||
(2) provide a place, other than a bathroom, that is | ||
shielded from view and free from intrusion from other employees and | ||
the public where the employee can express breast milk. | ||
Sec. 619.005. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. A public employer | ||
may not suspend or terminate the employment of, or otherwise | ||
discriminate against, an employee because the employee has asserted | ||
the employee's rights under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |