Everyone,
I need your help desperately to pass a law in the state of Michigan that will make it illegal to deny access to a bathroom. I am posting the language to the bill, soon to be proposed by State Rep. Andy Meisner, below but if anyone is here from Michigan, I strongly, strongly urge you to contact your state legislators and ask them to co-sponsor this bill. You can find out who your legislator is by calling Brian Mingus in Andy's office at (517) 373-0478.
Here is the legislation:
A bill to provide for restroom access for persons with certain medical conditions; to provide immunity from liability for permitting restroom access; and to prescribe penalties.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. As used in this act:
(a) "Customer means an individual who is lawfully on the premises of a retail establishment.
(b) "Doctor" means a licensed doctor of medicine or a licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(c) "Eligible medical condition" means Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, any other inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, or any other medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility.
(d) "Retail establishment" means a place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services.
Sec. 2. A retail establishment that has a toilet facility for its employees shall allow a customer to use that facility during normal business hours if all of the following are met:
(a) The customer requesting the use of the employee toilet facility suffers from an eligible medical condition or utilizes an ostomy device.
(b) Two or more employees of the retail establishment are working at the time of the customer requests use of the employee toilet facility.
(c) The customer provides the retail establishment with a copy of a statement on a prescription form that indicates the customer suffers from an eligible medical condition or utilizes an ostomy device, signed by a doctor.
(d) The retail establishment does not normally make a restroom available to the public.
(e) The employee toilet facility is not located in an area where providing access would create an obvious health or safety risk to the customer or an obvious security risk to the retail establishment.
(f) A public restroom is not immediately accessible to the customer.
Sec. 3. A retail establishment or an employee of a retail establishment is not civilly liable for any act or omission in allowing a customer to use an employee toilet facility that is not a public restroom if the act or omission meets all of the following:
(a) It is not willful or grossly negligent.
(b) It occurs in an area of the retail establishment that is not accessible to the public.
(c) It results in an injury to or death of the customer or any individual other than an employee accompanying the customer.
Sec. 4. A retail establishment or an employee of a retail establishment that violates section 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $100.
Sec. 5. A retail establishment is not required to make any physical changes to an employee toilet facility under this act.
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Author of The First Year: Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis and Eating for Acid Reflux
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