California Senate Bill SB1433 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1433INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Mitchell FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to amend Section 3409 of the Penal Code, relating to inmates. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1433, as introduced, Mitchell. Inmates: family planning and hygiene. Existing law requires any woman inmate upon her request be allowed to continue to use materials necessary for (1) personal hygiene with regard to her menstrual cycle and reproductive system and (2) birth control measures as prescribed by her physician. Existing law requires each and every woman inmate to be furnished with information and education regarding the availability of family planning services. Existing law also requires family planning services to be offered to each and every woman inmate at least 60 days prior to a scheduled release date, as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 3409 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 3409. (a)  Any   A  woman inmate  shall   shall,  upon her  request   request,  be allowed to continue to use materials necessary for (1) personal hygiene with regard to her menstrual cycle and reproductive system and (2) birth control measures as prescribed by her physician. (b)  Each and every woman inmate shall be furnished by the department   The department shall furnish a woman inmate  with information and education regarding the availability of family planning services. (c)  Family planning services shall be offered to each and every   The department shall furnish a  woman inmate  with family planning services  at least 60 days prior to  a   her  scheduled release date. Upon  request any woman inmate shall be furnished by the department   request, the department or any other agency that contracts with the department shall furnish her  with the services of a licensed physician or  she shall be furnished by the department or by any other agency which contracts with the department  with services necessary to meet her family planning needs at the time of her release.