Provides an additional monthly public assistance allowance of $10 for menstrual products, including but not limited to, tampons, sanitary napkins, cups and panty liners.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 15, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing an
additional monthly allowance for menstrual products under public
assistance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 131-a of the social services law
2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
3 (f) an additional ten dollars per month for the purchase of menstrual
4 products, including but not limited to, tampons, sanitary napkins, cups
5 and panty liners.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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