Bill Text: NY S06572 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides feminine hygiene products at no cost to menstruating individuals in homeless shelters, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and panty liners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-12-22 - APPROVAL MEMO.146 [S06572 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S06572-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6572 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services 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. Any provider of temporary housing 4 assistance, which shall include but not be limited to, a family shelter, 5 a shelter for adults, a hotel, an emergency apartment, a domestic 6 violence shelter, a runaway and homeless youth shelter, or a safe house 7 for refugees, shall be required to provide feminine hygiene products, 8 including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and panty 9 liners, at no cost to menstruating individuals. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00338-03-1
