Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1240
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 5-16-16.
Synopsis: Funding of lactation rooms in public buildings. Establishes
a grant program to promote the installation of lactation rooms in public
buildings. Requires the Indiana housing and community development
authority (IHCDA) to administer the grant program. Authorizes public
agencies to apply for grants. Appropriates $5,000,000 to the IHCDA
for deposit in the grant fund.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Summers
January 9, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1240
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state
offices and administration and to make an appropriation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 5-16-16 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
2 A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
3 1, 2025]:
4 Chapter 16. Grant Program for the Installation of Lactation
5 Rooms in Public Buildings
6 Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a public agency.
7 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "authority" refers to the Indiana
8 housing and community development authority created by
9 IC 5-20-1-3.
10 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the lactation
11 room grant fund established by section 10 of this chapter.
12 Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "grant program" refers to the
13 grant program for the installation of lactation rooms established
14 by section 7 of this chapter.
15 Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "lactation room" means a room
16 designated and equipped for the purpose of allowing mothers to
17 nurse or express milk in a clean and private setting within a public
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1 building.
2 Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "public agency" has the meaning
3 set forth in IC 5-30-1-11.
4 Sec. 7. The grant program for the installation of lactation rooms
5 is established to provide grants to public agencies to offset costs
6 incurred in the installation of lactation rooms when constructing
7 or renovating public buildings.
8 Sec. 8. (a) The authority shall administer the grant program.
9 The authority shall do the following:
10 (1) Adopt guidelines to determine standards for awarding
11 grants under this chapter, including standards for
12 determining whether a lactation room complies with section
13 9 of this chapter and any other applicable governmental or
14 other nationally recognized standards that apply to the
15 provision of lactation rooms in public buildings.
16 (2) Prepare and supervise the issuance of public information
17 concerning the grant program.
18 (3) Prescribe the form for and regulate the submission of
19 applications for grants under this chapter.
20 (b) A public agency may apply in the manner prescribed by the
21 authority for a grant under this chapter to offset costs incurred in
22 the installation of a lactation room in a public building managed by
23 the public agency.
24 Sec. 9. A lactation room installed by a public agency that
25 receives a grant under this chapter must meet the following
26 standards:
27 (1) The space must be shielded from view and free from
28 intrusion of others.
29 (2) The room must be functional, with a private space with a
30 place to sit and a flat surface, other than the floor, to place a
31 breast pump and other supplies.
32 (3) The room must provide the following:
33 (A) Access to electricity for the use of a breast pump.
34 (B) Good lighting.
35 (C) A comfortable temperature.
36 (D) Proper ventilation.
37 Sec. 10. (a) The lactation room grant fund is established to
38 provide grants under this chapter. The authority shall administer
39 the fund.
40 (b) The fund consists of:
41 (1) money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly;
42 (2) money received from state or federal grants or programs
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1 for the purposes of this chapter; and
2 (3) donations, gifts, and money received from any other
3 source, including transfers from other funds or accounts.
4 (c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
5 currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
6 manner as other public funds may be invested.
7 (d) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
8 revert to the state general fund but remains in the fund to be used
9 exclusively for purposes of this chapter.
10 (e) Money in the fund is continuously appropriated for the
11 purposes of this chapter.
12 SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025] (a) There is
13 appropriated from the state general fund five million dollars
14 ($5,000,000) to the Indiana housing and community development
15 authority for deposit in the lactation room grant fund established
16 by IC 5-16-16-10, as added by this act, for the period beginning
17 July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.
18 (b) This SECTION expires January 1, 2027.
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