Introduced in House | Passed House | Introduced in Senate | Passed Senate | Became Law |
01/07/2020 |
TANF; feminine hygiene products.
Requires the Board of Social Services to provide monthly payments for feminine hygiene products in the amount of $10 to each female who is at least 10 years of age but not older than 55 years of age and is considered part of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) public assistance unit. The bill also allows such payments to be made to females who are younger than 10 years of age or older than 55 years of age upon written certification by a licensed physician that the female has a need for feminine hygiene products.
20104304D2020 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 63.2-615.1 as follows:
� 63.2-615.1. Payment allowance for �[ feminine
hygiene products menstrual supplies ] .
The Board shall authorize monthly payments for �[ feminine
hygiene products menstrual supplies ] �in the
amount of $10 to each female who is at least 10 years of age but not older than
55 years of age and is considered part of the TANF public assistance unit. Any
female who is younger than 10 years of age or older than 55 years of age and is
otherwise eligible shall be provided such monthly payments for �[ feminine
hygiene products menstrual supplies ] �upon
written certification by a licensed physician that the female has a need for �[
feminine hygiene products menstrual supplies ] . Such payments shall be in addition
to any other public assistance for which such recipients may be eligible and
shall not affect her entitlement thereto.
[ 2. That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless an appropriation effectuating the purposes of this act is included in a general appropriation act passed in 2020 by the General Assembly that becomes law. ]
Picture | Name | From | Date | Type |
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Jennifer L. McClellan | D-Richmond | Sponsor | ||
Jennifer B. Boysko | D-Richmond | Cosponsor |
Date | Branch | Action |
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01/24/2020 | Senate | Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) |
01/24/2020 | Senate | Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
01/07/2020 | Senate | Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104304D |
01/07/2020 | Senate | Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services |