Adds provisions to GL c.94 (Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles) to require that every package containing menstrual products must have a printed a label with a plain and conspicuous list of all ingredients. The list must also be updated when changed, and posted on the manufacturers website. Violations will subject the manufacturer to a fine of $1,000 dollars.

Inserts new sections into GL Chapters 23B, 71 and 170 requiring providers of temporary housing, schools, and correctional facilities to supply free disposable menstrual products in a convenient, non-stigmatizing manner.

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Adds provisions to GL Chapter 94 (Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles) to require that every package containing menstrual products must have a printed a label with a plain and conspicuous list of all ingredients. The list must also be updated when changed, and posted on the manufacturers website. Violations will subject the manufacturer to a fine of $1,000 dollars.

Inserts new sections into GL Chapters 23B, 71 and 170 requiring providers of temporary housing, schools, and correctional facilities to supply free disposable menstrual products in a convenient, non-stigmatizing manner.

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Adds new provisions to GL c.23B (Department of Housing and Community Development) that requires all providers of temporary housing assistance (family shelters, adult shelters, hotels used for emergency shelter, domestic violence shelters, youth shelters, refugee safe houses, etc.) to provide disposable menstrual products at no cost to menstruating individuals. Adds new provisions to GL c.71 (Public Schools) that requires every public elementary and secondary school to provide disposable menstrual products to students at no cost. Adds new provisions to GL c.127 (Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions) that requires any facility where individuals are held in custody (lockups, jails, houses of correction, etc.), to provide disposable menstrual products at no cost.

Inserts new sections into Chapters 23B, 40, 71, 125 and 126 of the General Laws requiring public schools, shelters, jails and correctional facilities to supply free, disposable menstrual products in a convenient, non-stigmatizing manner. New draft of SB2546 from Senate Ways & Means, making mostly minor changes.

Adds new Section 330 to GL Chapter 94 (Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles) to require that menstrual products (tampons, pads, menstrual cups, etc.) manufactured or sold in the Commonwealth have a label displaying the product’s ingredients; requires said ingredient information to be similarly made available on the manufacturer’s website; requires said ingredient lists to be updated when changed; and imposes a fine of up to $1,000 for violations. New draft of SB1483 from Senate Ways & Means, making mostly minor changes.