Public buildings – Lactation room required.

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A. As used in this section:

1. "Appropriate authority" means the head of a state agency or other official authority responsible for the operation of a covered public building;

2. "Covered public building" means a building owned or leased by the state where state employees work; and

3. "Lactation room" means a hygienic place, other than a bathroom, that:

  • a.is shielded from view,
  • b.is free from intrusion, and
  • c.contains a chair, a working surface and, if the public building is otherwise supplied with electricity, an electrical outlet.

B. The appropriate authority of a covered public building shall ensure that the building contains a lactation room that is made available for use by state employees to breast feed or express breast milk.

Added by Laws 2020, c. 78, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.


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