HB2477 - Tennessee - Public Buildings, Titles, Short

Public Buildings - Enacts the "Crohn's Disease Restroom Access Act of 2008." - Amends TCA Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *HB2477Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2477 This bill requires retail establishments that have employee toilet facilities to allow access to those toilet facilities to customers who have any medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility if the toilet facility is reasonably safe and the following conditions are met: (1) The customer uses an ostomy device or has an eligible medical condition including, but not limited to, Crohn's Disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, or irritable bowel syndrome; (2) Three or more employees are working at the time; (3) The retail establishment does not normally make a restroom open to the [...]

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