Tex. Health & Safety Code § 165.003 · Subchapter A. BREAST-FEEDING RIGHTS AND POLICIES
BUSINESS DESIGNATION AS "MOTHER-FRIENDLY".
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A business may use the designation "mother-friendly" in its promotional materials if the business develops a policy supporting the practice of worksite breast-feeding that addresses the following:
(1) work schedule flexibility, including scheduling breaks and work patterns to provide time for expression of milk;
(2) the provision of accessible locations allowing privacy;
(3) access nearby to a clean, safe water source and a sink for washing hands and rinsing out any needed breast-pumping equipment; and
(4) access to hygienic storage alternatives in the workplace for the mother's breast milk.
(b) The business shall submit its breast-feeding policy to the department. The department shall maintain a list of "mother-friendly" businesses covered under this section and shall make the list available for public inspection.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 600, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.165.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 45e7a0614dd72a85b912d0d3c2e83c164f36163466fcba5b4c80abf002be550b
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.