S4120-118

Introduced

To support the direct care professional workforce, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Apr 15, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To support the direct care professional workforce, and for other purposes., 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 id09F29D64022743B59FF14E47753ED089: 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 id54884a90e8674531956bfd602c4348f0: 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 id9bba9bbeb08f4b4fadb08b1ba4685f4e: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term activities of daily living means basic, personal, everyday activities, including tasks such as eating, toileting,...
  • Section id83170d5b9ee242bf972131fd2a330840: 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 id37f7ceab59dc4ec1b51ebabfc1a18e23: 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, To support the direct care professional workforce, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Healthcare, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To support the direct care professional workforce, and for other purposes., 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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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 15, 2024

Mr. Casey (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Wyden, …

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
"Federal poverty level" §id0b59ab1bb82d45a1bab193fc78969efa

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

"eligible individual" §id18dabcd0b2cc4eb1b01d256b760de443

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" §id1a9ffbf909af45dd8dab403f4059d708

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" §id1afcde02c9f64e658df323aa4430f9c0

an entity— that is— a State

"eligible entity" §id2f7b72531c1747e5916f233bc0e3a00b

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" §id49138d83518f4b37b3e1d5c810bb4a02

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

"eligible individual" §id6b606e177b454f5e9ccd245bc5e332a3

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

"on-call shift" §id728be3554edf479aafc766ba1a4659e0

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

"employer" §id762158f4d5e942289a101af7b4df2498

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

"eligible individual" §id96515452c75b47fdb84de5d5de6ec519

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

"personal care services" §id9bba9bbeb08f4b4fadb08b1ba4685f4e

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

"patient-specific risk factors" §ida1e3735f8dc344ef9c7017c88bae4c58

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

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