Yesterday Senator Tom Harkin introduced his comprehensive chronic disease prevention legislation, the Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention (HeLP) America Act of 2005. This is fairly wide-ranging legislation that encompasses a number of policy areas. Included in the legislation are several breastfeeding promotion initiatives that Sen Harkin's office discussed with a number of us engaged in breastfeeding advocacy. There is no bill number for the legislation yet, but I am happy to e-mail anyone the sections pertaining to breastfeeding. The following sections are relevant to breastfeeding promotion. * Section 105 – Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative * Section 216 – Task force for the promotion of breastfeeding in the workplace * Section 217 – Lactation accommodation and breastfeeding promotion at work * Section 303 – Label and disclosure requirements for infant formulas There is also a short descriptive document that describes the bill as well as a more detailed section by section summary of the bill. This is very exciting and a wonderful addition to the legislation recently filed by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC Weston, MA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html