HB 861 Georgia House · 2021-2022 Regular Session

Health; increase access to disposable menstrual products in public schools, penal institutions, certain social service shelters, and housing facilities

Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42, and Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, inmate policies, and general provisions regarding social services, respectively, so as to increase access to disposable menstrual products in public schools, penal institutions, certain social service shelters, and housing facilities; to provide for definitions; to require the provision of disposable menstrual products to certain persons at no cost; to authorize the Department of Education to promulgate model policies and guidance for local boards of education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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Introduced Nov 22, 2021 Last action Jan 26, 2022
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Nov 22, 2021
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