Good Samaritan Menstrual Products Act

Bill: 118-hr-10230
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2024-11-21
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10230 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2024 Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Barragán , Ms. Brownley , Ms. Bush , Mr. Casten , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. Crockett , Ms. Escobar , Mr. Evans , Mr. Ruppersberger , Ms. Tokuda , Mr. Torres of New York , Ms. Velázquez , and Mrs. Watson Coleman ) 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, underwear, 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.