Access to Healthcare Products for Incarcerated Women

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Correctional Institutions and Inmates
4. Inmates
5. Regulation and Care of Inmates
6. Access to Healthcare Products for Incarcerated Women

1. As used in this section:
   1. “Custodian” means the warden of a state correctional facility;
   2. “Healthcare products” includes:
      1. Feminine hygiene products;
      2. Moisturizing soap that is not lye-based;
      3. Toothbrushes;
      4. Toothpaste; and
      5. Any other healthcare product a custodian deems appropriate; and
   3. “State correctional facility” means a state facility or state institution that houses an inmate population under the jurisdiction of the department.
2. 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.
3. 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.

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