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H.R. 1846: End Diaper Need Act of 2019

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H.R. 1846: End Diaper Need Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-03-21 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-03-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

End Diaper Need Act of 2019

Plain summary

End Diaper Need Act of 2019 This bill 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.

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Official text

End Diaper Need Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] · 50 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Peter Welch (D-VT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), James A. Himes (D-CT), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Adam Smith (D-WA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1846 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116