Bill Text: NY A08873 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that free menstrual products be provided in the commonly used bathrooms of private universities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-25 - referred to higher education [A08873 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08873-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8873

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 25, 2024
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  providing  free
          menstrual products in the restrooms of private universities

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  267-b to read as follows:
     3    §  267-b. Menstrual products in private colleges and universities. All
     4  private colleges and universities in the state shall  provide  menstrual
     5  products  in  the  restrooms  of such school building or buildings. Such
     6  products shall be provided at no charge to students.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13435-02-4