Breastfeeding breaks mandatory under HCR - true or not? [View All]

[Cairycat]

I used to be a lay breastfeeding counselor, and one of my Google alerts is still "breastfeeding". Yesterday this article was in the alert: www.smarthrmanager.com/main-feature/health-care-reform-law-amends-flsa-to-require-breastfeeding-breaks-20100325 , which is an article entitled, "Breastfeeding Breaks Now Mandatory Under Health Care Reform Law" on a website called Smart HR Manager. Not having a subscription, I can't access the article, but this just didn't ring true to me, especially not having heard anything about it in the lactation world.

So I looked up HR 4872, which is what the House just passed. Unless I'm not searching correctly, there is zero mention of breastfeeding in any context in the bill. If someone here could point out to me such a measure in this bill, I'd really appreciate it, but it just doesn't look to me like it's there.

I'm wondering just how many supposed "provisions" of the bill (that don't actually exist) are going to be discussed in the media as though they did exist? There's a potential for a lot of bullshit to have to be countered, it seems to me.

Breaks to allow women to pump or feed a baby is something that can actually help a businesses' bottom line, but it is the kind of thing that people who are not strongly pro-workers' rights tend to have a knee-jerk reaction against. That knee-jerk reaction is something the wingnuts are counting on to further opposition to the bill. But when they're opposing something that isn't even true, it's just nuts. Anyway, your thoughts on the matter are appreciated.