Bill Text: NY A08783 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides menstrual products at no cost to menstruating individuals in temporary shelters, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and panty liners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-31 - substituted by s7697 [A08783 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A08783-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8783 IN ASSEMBLY January 12, 2022 ___________ 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 menstrual products at no cost to adults and children receiving tempo- rary shelter The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 152-c of the social services law, as added by a 2 chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the social services law relating to 3 providing feminine hygiene products at no cost to adults and children 4 receiving temporary housing assistance, as proposed in legislative bills 5 numbers S. 6572 and A. 529-A, is amended to read as follows: 6 § 152-c. [Feminine hygiene] Menstrual products. Any provider of 7 temporary [housing assistance, which shall include but not be limited8to, a family shelter, a shelter for adults, a hotel, an emergency apart-9ment, a domestic violence shelter, a runaway and homeless youth shelter,10or a safe house for refugees,] shelter that is reimbursed from state or 11 state-administered grants or funds shall be required to provide [femi-12nine hygiene] an adequate number of menstrual products commensurate with 13 an individual's needs, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, 14 tampons and panty liners, at no cost to [menstruating] individuals 15 requiring such products. For purposes of this section, "temporary shel- 16 ter" shall include but not be limited to a family shelter, a shelter for 17 adults, a hotel, an emergency apartment, a domestic violence shelter, a 18 runaway and homeless youth shelter, or a safe house for refugees. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 20 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the social services law 21 relating to providing feminine hygiene products at no cost to adults and 22 children receiving temporary housing assistance, as proposed in legisla- 23 tive bills numbers S. 6572 and A.529-A, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00338-04-2