Cook, Dickens, Englebright, Epstein, Galef, Miller ML, Wallace, Walsh, Weinstein
Add §152-c, Soc Serv L
Relates to providing feminine hygiene products at no cost to menstruating individuals in homeless shelters, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and panty liners.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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585--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, LUPARDO, HARRIS, PHEFFER AMATO,
PEOPLES-STOKES, DE LA ROSA, SEAWRIGHT, JAFFEE, SIMOTAS, SIMON, JENNE,
ARROYO, JEAN-PIERRE, LIFTON, WRIGHT, TITUS, RICHARDSON, NIOU,
WILLIAMS, GUNTHER, HOOPER, DAVILA, JOYNER, SOLAGES, HUNTER, GLICK,
GOTTFRIED, BLAKE, PAULIN, COLTON, M. G. MILLER, GJONAJ, CRESPO, BRIN-
DISI, KEARNS, RIVERA, HYNDMAN, WALKER, DILAN, MAYER, AUBRY, STECK,
PICHARDO, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DICKENS,
ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, M. L. MILLER, WALLACE, WALSH, WEINSTEIN -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Social Services -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing femi-
nine hygiene products at no cost to adults and children receiving
temporary housing assistance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
2 152-c to read as follows:
3 § 152-c. Feminine hygiene products. Except in a social services
4 district with a population of five million or more, any provider of
5 temporary housing assistance, which shall include but not be limited to,
6 a family shelter, a shelter for adults, a hotel, an emergency apartment,
7 a domestic violence shelter, a runaway and homeless youth shelter, or a
8 safe house for refugees, shall be required to provide feminine hygiene
9 products, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and
10 panty liners, at no cost to menstruating individuals.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01937-02-7
