(a) Any female confined in a state or local juvenile facility shall 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.
(b) Any female confined in a state or local juvenile facility shall upon her request be furnished by the confining state or local agency with information and education regarding prescription birth control measures.
(c) Family planning services shall be offered to each and every woman inmate at least 60 days prior to a scheduled release date. Upon request any woman inmate shall be furnished by the confining state or local agency with the services of a licensed physician, or she shall be furnished by the confining state or local agency or by any other agency which contracts with the confining state or local agency, with services necessary to meet her family planning needs at the time of her release.
(d) For the purposes of this section, “local juvenile facility” means any city, county, or regional facility used for the confinement of juveniles for more than 24 hours.
This section shall become operative on January 1, 1988.
(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 618, Sec. 2. Section operative January 1, 1988, by its own provisions.)
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