Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
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.
(a) 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.