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Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-206

Access to healthcare products for incarcerated women

Acts 2019, ch. 411, § 1.

(1) As used in this section: “Custodian” means the warden of a state correctional facility;

(2) “Healthcare products” includes: Feminine hygiene products;

(3) Moisturizing soap that is not lye-based;

(4) Toothbrushes;

(5) Toothpaste; and

(6) Any other healthcare product a custodian deems appropriate; and

(7) “State correctional facility” means a state facility or state institution that houses an inmate population under the jurisdiction of the department.

(8) A custodian shall make healthcare products available to all women incarcerated in a state correctional facility at no cost and in a quantity that is appropriate to the needs of the woman without a medical permit. Custodians shall not require that a woman be diagnosed with an illness to access healthcare products. Custodians shall make healthcare products available in housing units and in the medical area of a state correctional facility.

(9) This section does not establish a minimum standard or otherwise create a private right of action concerning the products supplied to a person incarcerated in a state correctional facility.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.