3.0.0 304 2023-01-11T13:46:36Z 2023-01-11T13:46:36Z Senate S 2021-02-08 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-09T00:34:44Z Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 117 7585 HR 2022-06-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 117 4486 S 2022-06-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2021-02-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S7158-7159) IntroReferral 2021-02-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2021-02-08 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2021-02-08 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-02-08 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-02-08 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-02-08 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-05-18 False K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2022-05-25 False O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2022-07-13 False Health Appropriations Child care and development Child health Community life and organization Congressional oversight Digestive and metabolic diseases Disability assistance Family services Food assistance and relief Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Income tax deductions Musculoskeletal and skin diseases Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Health 00 2021-02-08 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-08T00:39:31Z End Diaper Need Act of 2021

This bill establishes and expands programs to provide low-income families and other vulnerable groups with access to diapers and related supplies.

Specifically, it provides additional funding for FY2022-FY2025 to meet the diapering needs of certain low-income families and adults through the Social Services Block Grant Program. This grant program provides a flexible funding stream to states and territories to support social services for vulnerable children, adults, and families. The bill exempts these funds from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, across-the-board reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

In particular, these funds must be used to meet the diapering needs of

  • low-income families with one or more infants, toddlers, or medically complex children (i.e., children who are age three or older and diagnosed with a serious condition such as bowel or bladder incontinence); and
  • low-income adults and adults with disabilities who rely on diapers and other adult incontinence materials.

Additionally, the bill permits states to use Medicaid funds to provide medically necessary diapers and supplies to low-income families with one or more medically complex children.

It also allows individuals to buy medically necessary diapers and supplies with funds from health savings accounts and other tax-advantaged accounts for health care expenses.

]]> End Diaper Need Act of 2021 Display Title End Diaper Need Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide targeted funding for States and other eligible entities through the Social Services Block Grant program to address the increased burden that maintaining the health and hygiene of infants and toddlers, medically complex children, and low-income adults or adults with disabilities who rely on adult incontinence materials and supplies place on families in need, the resultant adverse health effects on children and families, and the limited child care options available for infants and toddlers who lack sufficient diapers and diapering supplies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced End Diaper Need Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s304is/xml/BILLS-117s304is.xml 2021-02-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S7158-7159) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.