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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to information regarding breast-feeding. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 165, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 165.005 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 165.005. INFORMATION REGARDING BREAST-FEEDING. (a) |
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In this section: |
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(1) "Birthing center" means a facility licensed under |
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Chapter 244. |
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(2) "Hospital" means a facility licensed under Chapter |
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241 or a hospital maintained or operated by this state. |
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(b) A hospital or birthing center shall provide as |
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appropriate and at no cost to each mother who gives birth at the |
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hospital or center information regarding breast-feeding that |
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includes: |
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(1) a mother's right to breast-feed as described by |
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Section 165.002 and as applicable to express breast milk at the |
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mother's public employer workplace as described by Chapter 619, |
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Government Code; |
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(2) the nutritional, medical, and emotional benefits |
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of breast-feeding for the mother and the child; |
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(3) common breast-feeding problems and solutions to |
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those problems; and |
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(4) preparation of the mother and the child for |
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breast-feeding. |
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(c) The commission shall make the information described by |
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Subsection (b) available on the commission's Internet website in a |
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format that may be easily printed. The commission may provide the |
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information described by Subsection (b) in writing to hospitals and |
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birthing centers if the commission determines that providing |
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written information is cost-effective. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |