{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-41-21-206","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-206","heading":"Access to healthcare products for incarcerated women","body":"(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Custodian\" means the warden of a state correctional facility; (2) \"Healthcare products\" includes: (A) Feminine hygiene products; (B) Moisturizing soap that is not lye-based; (C) Toothbrushes; (D) Toothpaste; and (E) 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. (b) 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. (c) 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. Added by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 411,s 1, eff. 5/21/2019.\n(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Custodian\" means the warden of a state correctional facility; (2) \"Healthcare products\" includes: (A) Feminine hygiene products; (B) Moisturizing soap that is not lye-based; (C) Toothbrushes; (D) Toothpaste; and (E) 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.\n(1) \"Custodian\" means the warden of a state correctional facility;\n(2) \"Healthcare products\" includes: (A) Feminine hygiene products; (B) Moisturizing soap that is not lye-based; (C) Toothbrushes; (D) Toothpaste; and (E) Any other healthcare product a custodian deems appropriate; and\n(A) Feminine hygiene products;\n(B) Moisturizing soap that is not lye-based;\n(C) Toothbrushes;\n(D) Toothpaste; and\n(E) Any other healthcare product a custodian deems appropriate; and\n(3) \"State correctional facility\" means a state facility or state institution that houses an inmate population under the jurisdiction of the department.\n(b) 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.\n(c) 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.","path":["TN Code","Title 41","Chapter 21"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"252ce2d3c22ee36568ecbabaccd4fab8a55045ba0b5eecf5637052dc337d892a","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-41-21-205","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-41-21-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}