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End Diaper Need Act of 2025

6/3/2025, 12:27 PM

Summary of Bill S 1815

This bill, introduced in the 119th Congress, aims to allocate targeted funding under the Social Services Block Grant program to assist states and eligible entities in coping with the significant challenges related to maintaining the health and hygiene of infants, toddlers, medically complex children, and low-income adults or adults with disabilities who require adult incontinence materials. The bill highlights the strain faced by families in meeting these needs, the adverse health impacts on children and families, and the limited child care options available for infants and toddlers lacking sufficient diapers and diapering supplies.

Congressional Summary of S 1815

End Diaper Need Act of 2025

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 FY2026-FY2029 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 for diapering needs 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.

The bill requires these funds to 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 families with adults, or children or adults with disabilities, who rely on diapers and other adult incontinence materials.

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

Current Status of Bill S 1815

Bill S 1815 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since May 20, 2025. Bill S 1815 was introduced during Congress 119 and was introduced to the Senate on May 20, 2025.  Bill S 1815's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. as of May 20, 2025

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 1815

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
2
Democrat Cosponsors
1
Republican Cosponsors
1
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 1815

Primary Policy Focus

Health

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 1815

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.
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.

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