PRINTER'S NO. 1176
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.1100
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY PARKER, HILL-EVANS, HANBIDGE, HOWARD, McNEILL,
MADDEN, SCHLOSSBERG, ISAACSON, KINKEAD, KHAN, SANCHEZ,
PROBST, HOHENSTEIN, DEASY, KENYATTA, OTTEN, RABB, MAYES,
BOYD, CURRY, CERRATO, DONAHUE, RIVERA, O'MARA, PASHINSKI,
BOROWSKI, WAXMAN, HARKINS, SHUSTERMAN, GIRAL, VENKAT, BURGOS,
T. DAVIS, YOUNG, STEELE AND GUENST, MARCH 31, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, MARCH 31, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
providing for waiver to purchase diapers or menstrual hygiene
products.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 438. Waiver to Purchase Diapers or Menstrual Hygiene
Products.-- (a) If , in accordance with Federal law, the Food and
Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture
creates and makes available to the states a waiver permitting
recipients of benefits provided under the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants and Children to use their benefits to
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tampons, sanitary napkins or feminine wipes, the following shall
apply:
(1) If a waiver is made available for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program, the department may apply for the
Federal waiver. If the waiver is approved, the department shall
adopt rules and make changes as necessary to implement the
waiver.
(2) If a waiver is made available for the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children,
the Department of Health may apply for the Federal waiver. If
the waiver is approved, the Department of Health shall adopt
rules and make changes as necessary to implement the waiver.
(b) The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall
conduct a study to review the costs to the Commonwealth of the
implementation of any waiver under subsection (a) that occurs
during the three-year period after the waiver is approved in
accordance with subsection (a). The following apply:
(1) Within two years of the implementation of a waiver under
subsection (a), the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
shall issue a report containing the findings of the study
regarding the waiver.
(2) The report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the
following:
(i) The Governor.
(ii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Health
and Human Services Committee of the Senate.
(iii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Health
Committee of the House of Representatives.
(iv) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Human
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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