Senate Bill S7697

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to providing menstrual products at no cost to menstruating individuals receiving temporary shelter

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S7697 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8783
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §152-c, Soc Serv L (as proposed in S.6572 & A.529-A)

2021-S7697 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides menstrual products at no cost to menstruating individuals in temporary shelters, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and panty liners.

2021-S7697 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7697 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7697
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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:
 
   Section  1.  Section  152-c  of the social services law, as added by a
 chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the social services law relating to
 providing feminine hygiene products at no cost to  adults  and  children
 receiving temporary housing assistance, as proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S. 6572 and A. 529-A, is amended to read as follows:
   §  152-c.  [Feminine  hygiene]  MENSTRUAL  products.   Any provider of
 temporary [housing assistance, which shall include but  not  be  limited
 to, a family shelter, a shelter for adults, a hotel, an emergency apart-
 ment, a domestic violence shelter, a runaway and homeless youth shelter,
 or  a safe house for refugees,] SHELTER THAT IS REIMBURSED FROM STATE OR
 STATE-ADMINISTERED GRANTS OR FUNDS shall be required to  provide  [femi-
 nine hygiene] AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF MENSTRUAL products COMMENSURATE WITH
 AN  INDIVIDUAL'S NEEDS, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins,
 tampons and panty liners,  at  no  cost  to  [menstruating]  individuals
 REQUIRING  SUCH PRODUCTS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "TEMPORARY SHEL-
 TER" SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO A FAMILY SHELTER, A SHELTER FOR
 ADULTS, A HOTEL, AN EMERGENCY APARTMENT, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER,  A
 RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH SHELTER, OR A SAFE HOUSE FOR REFUGEES.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the social services law
 relating to providing feminine hygiene products at no cost to adults and
 children receiving temporary housing assistance, as proposed in legisla-
 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

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