Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act of 2025

HR 1889, the *Cutting Red Tape on Child Care Providers Act of 2025*, prohibits states from creating regulatory barriers that restrict home-based child care providers from preparing fresh fruits and vegetables through simple methods like washing, peeling, or cutting. This directly affects home and family-based child care centers - serving roughly one-quarter of families, especially low-income, rural, and shift-work families - who face declining options due to complex food regulations. The bill amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to explicitly ban state restrictions on "simple food preparation" of minimally processed produce. It aims to reduce bureaucratic hurdles that currently make serving fresh food harder than offering pre-packaged snacks, without changing nutritional standards.