US Congress House Bill 1846 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 51-0)
Status: Introduced on March 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes various programs to increase access to diapers for low-income families with infants and toddlers. Specifically, the bill provides grants to agencies or organizations with experience in community distribution services for the purchase, warehousing, and distribution of diapers and diapering supplies (e.g., diaper wipes and creams) to families with (1) at least one child under the age of 4, and (2) an income of no more than 200% of the federal poverty level. The bill also permits states to use Medicaid funds to provide diapers and diapering supplies to low-income families with a child 3 or older who has been diagnosed with one or more specified forms of conditions that create a need for the use of diapers. Additionally, the bill includes diapers and diapering supplies as qualifying medical expenses under (1) health and medical savings accounts, and (2) flexible health spending and reimbursement arrangements.

End Diaper Need Act of 2019

Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Colin Allred [D-TX]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-03-21	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-03-21	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-03-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-03-21	House	Introduced in House

HB1922 (Related) 2020-12-18 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 559.
SB1404 (Related) 2019-05-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1846/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1846/BILLS-116hr1846ih.pdf