Bill > A6053

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property (director) in the Department of the Treasury to review all State purchasing arrangements, contracts, and initiatives, and consider options to maximize the State's bargaining power with regard to menstrual products, which may include recommending appropriate statutory, administrative, or executive actions as may be necessary to reduce the cost of purchasing menstrual products to State programs and entities. The director will, in coordination with the State Treasurer, and any other appropriate State departments, divisions, offices, agencies, programs, or entities, as designated by the director, develop and implement bulk purchasing arrangements for menstrual products. The director will additionally be required to develop outreach efforts and establish processes for county and local governments, as well as non-profit entities, to benefit from State bulk purchasing arrangements for menstrual products. This bill permits, at the director's discretion, a non-profit entity to purchase menstrual products under any contract awarded for the purchase of menstrual products on behalf of the State by the director, subject to any rules the director may establish. The director may establish limitations with respect to the menstrual products available for purchase and impose other appropriate conditions upon purchasing as deemed necessary to protect the State's purchasing interests. A non-profit entity that purchases menstrual products under such contracts will file reports as the director may require setting forth the expenditures on such contracts.

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Lisa Swain (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee (on 11/15/2021)