加州推出全美首个新生儿免费尿布计划：出院家庭可领400片
加利福尼亚州州长纽森10月30日宣布，加州将推出全美首个由州政府推行的新生儿免费尿布计划：在参与医院分娩的家庭，宝宝出院时可免费领取400片尿布，规格覆盖新生儿至体重14磅以内的婴儿。
州长办公室表示，计划第一年将在约65至75家医院推行，这些医院承担全州约四分之一的接生量，且大多服务低收入患者；此后将逐步扩展到全州更多医院，但州长办公室未公布扩展的具体数量与时间表。
经费方面，加州已在上一年度预算中拨出740万美元启动该计划，本年度预算提案再列入1250万美元，用于推行至2027年6月结束的财政年度。州政府与非营利组织 Baby2Baby 合作，由该组织负责生产这批尿布。
纽森在声明中说：「每一个在加州出生的宝宝都值得拥有健康的人生起点，这意味着要确保父母从第一天起就备齐所需的基本用品。」他表示，该计划是加州降低家庭生活成本系列措施的一环，此前加州已推行公立学校免费餐食与全民免费学前班等政策。
据州长办公室介绍，田纳西州与特拉华州在两年前成为全美最早通过医疗补助计划为参保家庭提供免费尿布的州，加州此次则把免费尿布直接放进医院出院环节，覆盖面不以参保身份为限。
California to Give Newborns 400 Free Diapers at Hospital Discharge in First-in-the-Nation Program
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on October 30 that the state will launch the nation's first state-run program giving free diapers to newborns: families who deliver at participating hospitals will receive 400 diapers when their baby is discharged, in sizes for newborns and babies up to 14 pounds.
The governor's office said the program will be offered in its first year at about 65 to 75 hospitals that handle roughly a quarter of births in the state and largely serve low-income patients. The initiative will expand to more hospitals statewide, though the governor's office did not say how many.
The state set aside $7.4 million in last year's budget to roll out the initiative, and this year's budget proposal includes an additional $12.5 million to implement the program for the fiscal year ending in June 2027. The state has partnered with the nonprofit Baby2Baby to manufacture the diapers.
"Every baby born in California deserves a healthy start in life — and that means making sure parents have the basics they need from day one," Newsom said in a statement. He said the plan builds on California's effort to make living in the state more affordable for families, pointing to recent policies providing free meals at school and free preschool for all.
The governor's office noted that Tennessee and Delaware became, two years ago, the first U.S. states to offer free diapers to families enrolled in their Medicaid programs; California's program instead places the diapers directly into the hospital discharge process, without limiting eligibility to Medicaid enrollees.
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