Bill Text: TX HB218 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the manufacture and sale of certain children's products containing bisphenol-A or certain other substances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-07 - Referred to Public Health [HB218 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB218-Introduced.html
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| By: Alvarado | H.B. No. 218 | |
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| relating to prohibiting the manufacture and sale of certain | ||
| children's products containing bisphenol-A or certain other | ||
| substances. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 501.0237 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 501.0237. BISPHENOL-A AND OTHER SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED | ||
| IN CERTAIN PRODUCTS. (a) In this section, "child's product" means: | ||
| (1) a toy designed or intended to be used for play by a | ||
| child younger than three years of age; | ||
| (2) cosmetics designed or intended to be used by a | ||
| child younger than three years of age; | ||
| (3) jewelry designed or intended for a child younger | ||
| than three years of age; or | ||
| (4) a product designed or intended for an infant or | ||
| child younger than three years of age to help with sucking or | ||
| teething or to facilitate sleep, relaxation, or feeding of the | ||
| infant or child. | ||
| (b) A person may not manufacture or sell a child's product | ||
| containing bisphenol-A. | ||
| (b-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (b), (c), and (d), a | ||
| person may manufacture or sell an infant formula container | ||
| containing bisphenol-A. This subsection expires January 1, 2017. | ||
| (c) A person may not manufacture or sell a child's product | ||
| containing any chemical that is: | ||
| (1) classified as "known to be a human carcinogen" or | ||
| "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen" in the latest | ||
| Report on Carcinogens published by the National Toxicology Program | ||
| administered by the United States Department of Health and Human | ||
| Services; or | ||
| (2) identified by the United States Environmental | ||
| Protection Agency as causing birth defects, hormone disruption, or | ||
| harm to human reproduction or fetal development. | ||
| (d) A product described by Subsection (b) or (c) is a banned | ||
| hazardous substance for purposes of this chapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
