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Maryland Code, Housing and Community Development § 4-2401

Current as of December 31, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a)(1) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Feminine hygiene products” means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.

(3) “Local administering agency” means the agency designated by the Department or a local government to manage the programs for transitional housing services, including the Homeless Women--Crisis Shelter Home Program, and to provide a service directly or by contract with a service provider.

(4) “Service provider” means a public or private nonprofit that contracts with the Department or a local administering agency to provide shelter services for homeless individuals.

(b)(1) The Department shall make available to:

(i) service providers and local administering agencies for service providers a supply of feminine hygiene products sufficient to meet the needs of female residents in shelters; and

(ii) county boards of education a supply of feminine hygiene products sufficient to meet the needs during the normal school year of female students who are determined to be homeless children or youth under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

(2) The feminine hygiene products provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be made available free to:

(i) service providers, local administering agencies for service providers, and female residents in shelters; and

(ii) county boards of education and qualifying female students in schools.

(c) Each county board of education, through school nurses, shall make available to female students who are determined to be homeless children or youth under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act a free supply of feminine hygiene products, as provided under subsection (b) of this section.

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