A 3707 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires certain doctors and nurses to ask patients questions regarding menstrual cycles, previous tampon use, and toxic shock syndrome.

This bill requires doctors and nurse practitioners in family medicine, obstetrics, and gynecology to ask female patients with flu-like or stomach symptoms about their menstrual cycle, recent tampon use, and whether symptoms began during tampon use. Providers must inform patients about toxic shock syndrome symptoms and offer testing if symptoms started while using a tampon during an active or recent menstrual cycle. The law applies to medical visits for influenza or viral gastroenteritis symptoms in these specific healthcare settings. It focuses on early identification of potential toxic shock syndrome cases linked to menstrual product use. The bill takes immediate effect upon enactment.
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Introduced Feb 22, 2024 Last action Feb 22, 2024
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Feb 22, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
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