HR8541-119

In Committee

Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 28, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Healthcare, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H53D4072B2CB04089938DA8C21D271D26: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section H69279A5E4AE14F818D4B8BE9EAD8AC0D: 2. Findings and purposes Congress finds the following: The nearly 5,000,000 direct care professionals in the United States play a vital role in supporting the...
  • Section HF957B58AE9E24A2090BDCB3957443886: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term activities of daily living means basic, personal, everyday activities, including tasks such as eating, toileting,...
  • Section HE12BBD0591B545BD81FBDF3CC2DDA529: 101. Additional support for Medicaid long-term care services provided by direct care professionals Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is...
  • Section H05645AFEE75547A0B7E085947A362EED: 102. Additional support for Medicaid long-term care services and direct care professionals Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act,...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Healthcare, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Healthcare Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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federal implementing agencies: ,
workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 28, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …

Apr 28, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 28, 2026

Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Ms. Matsui) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Healthcare Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

12 terms
"on-call shift" §H05F0FCB187DC4228B5E993865DCD2B3E

any time a covered entity expects a direct care professional to— be available to work

"eligible entity" §H069B7A59BD854C549DA7BD44500FF97A

an entity— that is— a State

"eligible individual" §H253380BF685E43A19928271E57ECB5A9

an individual— whose income does not exceed 200 percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 2110(c)(5)) applicable to a family of the size involved

"eligible individual" §H42C7269C69614EA69CFF45F62092937E

an individual who— is a qualified home health aide, as defined in section 484.80(a) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations

"eligible entity" §H6F50E438B8D3440AB5509B6EFD3BDBBD

an education program that— is accredited by— the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology or the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education

"eligible entity" §H85106F5FA30D4BEC9061DA87959ADCBC

an education program that— is accredited by— the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology or the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education

"strategic enforcement" §HA31A2C06A25F404B8F3CC8F2FF5BE475

the process by which the Secretary— targets highly noncompliant industries, as identified by the Secretary, using industry-specific structures to influence, and ultimately reform, networks of interconnected employers

"patient-specific risk factors" §HA41D7B69EE0B42F8A81BD33E96B3D250

factors specific to a patient that may increase the likelihood or severity of a workplace violence incident, including— a patient’s treatment and medication status, and history of violence and use of drugs or alcohol

"eligible individual" §HCF9B27DE1BC041C4A33C8E311B4EE349

an individual who— is a qualified home health aide, as defined in section 484.80(a) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations

"Federal poverty level" §HE26001E5992D47CCB2EB512500D7592B

the poverty line (as defined in section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, including any revision required by such section applicable to a family of the size involved). (7)Indian tribe

"employer" §HF563CF6569FA421BBB8A176F651B6D05

a person who is— any person who is not covered under another clause of this subparagraph

"personal care services" §HF957B58AE9E24A2090BDCB3957443886

assistance or services— provided to an individual who is not an inpatient or resident of a hospital or institution for mental disease

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