Bill Text: PA SB1214 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for declaration of policy; and providing for information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-08-03 - Referred to PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE [SB1214 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB1214-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1500
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1214 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, HUGHES, TARTAGLIONE, BREWSTER AND FARNESE, AUGUST 3, 2011
REFERRED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, AUGUST 3, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 8, 2007 (P.L.90, No.28), entitled "An
act permitting a mother the freedom to nurse her child in
public; and providing that breastfeeding may not be
considered a nuisance, indecent exposure, sexual conduct or
obscenity," further providing for declaration of policy; and
providing for information.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of the act of July 8, 2007 (P.L.90,
No.28), known as the Freedom to Breastfeed Act, is amended to
read:
Section 2. Declaration of policy.
The General Assembly finds that breastfeeding a baby is an
important and basic act of nurturing that must be protected in
the interests of maternal and child health and family values,
and increased attention must be paid to the needs of
breastfeeding children and mothers who breastfeed or express
breast milk.
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 5. Information.
The Department of Labor and Industry and Department of Health
shall make available to the general public on the departments'
Internet websites information and links to other websites where
the public can access information concerning breastfeeding and
expressing breast milk, including information relating to
expressing breast milk in the workplace. The Department of Labor
and Industry shall make available on its Internet website
information to assist and encourage employers, employment
agencies and labor organizations to provide a room or other
location in close proximity to the work area, other than a
toilet stall, where an employee can express breast milk in
privacy. With the assistance of health care providers the
Department of Health shall develop written materials concerning
this act for distribution to women of childbearing age.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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