Bill Text: TX HB329 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to breast-feeding policies of state agency worksites.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-06 - Left pending in committee [HB329 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB329-Introduced.html
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| By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 329 | |
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| relating to breast-feeding policies of state agency worksites. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 165.003, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The department shall annually submit a list of state | ||
| agencies that are included on the list of "mother-friendly" | ||
| businesses maintained under Subsection (b) to the standing | ||
| committees of the house and senate with jurisdiction over the | ||
| department. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 165, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 165.0035 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 165.0035. STATE AGENCY "MOTHER-FRIENDLY" WORKSITE. | ||
| (a) In this section, "state agency" means a board, commission, | ||
| office, department, or other agency in the executive, judicial, or | ||
| legislative branch of state government, including an institution of | ||
| higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (b) To the extent reasonably practicable, each state agency | ||
| shall develop a policy supporting the practice of worksite | ||
| breast-feeding under Section 165.003 and submit its policy to the | ||
| department. | ||
| (c) The department shall include each state agency that | ||
| develops a policy under this section on the list of | ||
| "mother-friendly" businesses under Section 165.003. | ||
| SECTION 3. A state agency shall comply with Section | ||
| 165.0035, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later | ||
| than September 1, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
