MA H3517

Bill

Providing diaper benefits for certain parents

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
11/13/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

By Mr. Pignatelli of Lenox, a petition of William Smitty Pignatelli and others that the Department of Public Health be authorized to conduct an investigation and study of the feasibility and value of providing diaper benefits to low-income infants and children. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill directs the Department of Public Health to conduct an investigation and study the feasibility and benefits of providing a monthly diaper benefit to low-income infants and children under the age of 2 years who are enrolled in the WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program. The study will evaluate the cost to provide the benefit, the number of children who would receive it, and the most efficient and least expensive method of administering it. The Department is required to submit its findings and recommendations to the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities and the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means by December 31, 2018.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (18)

Jim Arciero (D), Brian Ashe (D), Christine Barber (D), Thomas Calter (D), Mike Connolly (D), Marjorie Decker (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D), Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D), Sean Garballey (D), Solomon Goldstein-Rose (I), Kay Khan (D), Peter Kocot (D), Shaunna O'Connell (R), Smitty Pignatelli (D), Aaron Vega (D), Chris Walsh (D), Susannah Whipps (I),

Last Action

No further action taken (on 01/01/2019)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3517

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3517
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3517.pdf

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H1215	Promoting radon testing	No further action taken	Similar To
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H2476	To establish a division of indoor environments within the Department of Public Health	Accompanied a study order, see H4625	Similar To
H4048	Message from His Excellency the Governor returning with his objections thereto in writing the engrossed Bill relative to a study of the trauma registry in the Department of Public Health (see House, No. 3827)	See H3827	Similar To
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