Relates to providing feminine hygiene products at no cost to individuals in correctional facilities and to any other individual in a punitive custodial setting.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6176
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 11, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing feminine
hygiene products at no cost to individuals in correctional facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 625
2 to read as follows:
3 § 625. Feminine hygiene products. Feminine hygiene products, includ-
4 ing, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and panty liners,
5 shall be provided at no cost to individuals housed in state and local
6 correctional facilities used for the general confinement of female
7 inmates and in any other state or local facility where women are
8 detained or confined by law enforcement agencies.
9 § 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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