87R7982 EAS-D
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 2215
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to private spaces in certain buildings for diaper changing
stations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 341, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 341.070 to read as follows:
Sec. 341.070. DIAPER CHANGING STATIONS. (a) In this
section:
(1) "Health facility" means a facility licensed under
Subtitle B, Title 4.
(2) "Historic structure" has the meaning assigned by
Section 442.001, Government Code.
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) a restroom renovation with an estimated cost of
less than $10,000;
(2) the construction or renovation of a building for
which the governmental entity issuing a building permit for the
construction or renovation determines that installing a diaper
changing station would:
(A) be infeasible;
(B) result in noncompliance with federal, state,
or local health, life safety, or building code requirements; or
(C) limit the accessibility of a restroom to a
person with a disability;
(3) an industrial building, nightclub, bar,
retirement community, or other establishment that restricts access
to the premises based on age;
(4) a health facility with single-occupancy
restrooms;
(5) a historic structure;
(6) a restaurant with a seating capacity of less than
50 persons; or
(7) a building in which a centrally located diaper
changing station is available for public use within 300 feet of an
entrance to the building.
(c) A person who engages in or contracts for the
construction of a building, or the renovation of the restrooms of a
building, with one or more restrooms accessible to the public,
including a building owned or leased by this state or a political
subdivision of this state, shall provide a private space for a
diaper changing station that is available to the public in a shared
restroom or space, or in each restroom or space designated as a
diaper changing station.
(d) Each diaper changing station shall be maintained,
repaired, and replaced as necessary and cleaned with the same
frequency as a restroom in the building.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
the construction or renovation of a building with restrooms
accessible to the general public that begins on or after January 1,
2022.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.