HB 19-1224

Summary

Facilities - menstrual hygiene products. The act requires the following facilities to provide whichever menstrual hygiene products are requested by a person in custody to the person in custody at no expense to the person in custody: Local jails, multijurisdictional jails, and municipal jails; Correctional facilities and private contract prisons; and Department of human services facilities. The act prohibits any facility required to provide menstrual hygiene products pursuant to the act from imposing any condition or restriction on a person's access to menstrual hygiene products. The act requires cities and counties that are seeking reimbursement from the state for maintaining people in a local jail after their sentence to the department of corrections' custody to annually report costs of menstrual hygiene products to the joint budget committee. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

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