Senate Bill No. 73
(By Senators Foster, Jenkins and Sprouse)
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[Introduced January 11, 2006; referred to the Committee
on Health and Human Resources.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §16-1-19, relating to
a child's right to nurse.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-1-19, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 1. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM.
§16-1-19. Child's right to nurse: Location where permitted;
right protected.
Breast feeding is an important, basic act of nurturing that is
protected in the interests of maternal and child health. A mother
may breast feed a child in any location, public or private, where
the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be.
NOTE: This bill protects a mother's right to breast feed a
child in any location where the mother and child are otherwise
authorized to be.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.