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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to private spaces for diaper changing stations in |
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restrooms in certain buildings. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 341, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 341.070 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 341.070. DIAPER CHANGING STATIONS. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Health facility" means a facility licensed under |
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Subtitle B, Title 4. |
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(2) "Historic structure" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 442.001, Government Code. |
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(b) This section does not apply to: |
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(1) a restroom renovation with an estimated cost of |
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less than $10,000; |
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(2) the construction or renovation of a building for |
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which the governmental entity issuing the building permit |
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determines that installing a diaper changing station would: |
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(A) be infeasible; |
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(B) result in noncompliance with federal, state, |
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or local health, life safety, or building code requirements; or |
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(C) limit the accessibility of a restroom to a |
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person with a disability; |
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(3) an industrial building, nightclub, bar, |
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retirement community, or other establishment that restricts access |
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to the premises based on age; |
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(4) a health facility with single-occupancy |
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restrooms; |
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(5) a historic structure; |
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(6) a restaurant with a seating capacity of less than |
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50 persons; or |
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(7) a building in which a centrally located facility |
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with a diaper changing station is available for public use. |
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(c) A person who engages in or contracts for the |
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construction of a building, or the renovation of the restrooms of a |
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building, with one or more restrooms accessible to the public, |
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including a building owned or leased by this state or a political |
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subdivision of this state, shall ensure that every member of the |
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public has access to a private space for a diaper changing station |
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in at least one restroom. |
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(d) Each diaper changing station shall be maintained, |
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repaired, and replaced as necessary and cleaned with the same |
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frequency as the restroom in which the station is located. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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the construction or renovation of a building with restrooms |
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accessible to the public that begins on or after January 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |