Good Samaritan Menstrual Products Act

Bill: 116-hr-7054
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2020-05-28
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Charitable contributions

Civil actions and liability

Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Health technology, devices, supplies

Product safety and quality

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Good Samaritan Menstrual Products Act</b></p> <p>This bill limits civil and criminal liability for manufacturers, distributors, nonprofit organizations, and other persons regarding good faith donations of apparently usable menstrual products. Specifically, persons may only be liable if their actions constitute gross negligence or intentional misconduct and result in injury to or death of a user or recipient of those products.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7054 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 28, 2020 Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To encourage the donation of menstrual products to nonprofit organizations for distribution, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Good Samaritan Menstrual Products Act . 2. Limitation of liability for damages from donated menstrual products (a) Liability of person, manufacturer, or distributor A person, manufacturer, or distributor shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability arising from the nature, age, packaging, or condition of apparently usable menstrual products that the person, manufacturer, or distributor donates in good faith to a nonprofit organization for ultimate distribution to individuals in need of such products. (b) Liability of nonprofit organization A nonprofit organization shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability arising from the nature, age, packaging, or condition of apparently usable menstrual products that the nonprofit organization received as a donation in good faith from a person, manufacturer, or distributor for ultimate distribution to individuals in need of such products. (c) Exception Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to an act or omission of a person, manufacturer, distributor, or nonprofit organization, as applicable, constituting gross negligence or intentional misconduct that results in injury to or death of a user or recipient of the menstrual product. 3. Definition In this Act: (1) The term menstrual product means a sanitary napkin, tampon, liner, cup, and any similar item used by an individual with respect to menstruation. (2) The term apparently usable means, with respect to a product, that the product meets all quality and labeling standards imposed by Federal, State, and local laws and regulations even if the product may not be readily marketable.