Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2005
Latest action · Mar 22, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 10, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide funds to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities under the Medicaid program.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, to audit a sample from among the States in order to assess the effectiveness of progress made in reducing or eliminating the wage gap between targeted and reference direct support professionals through funds under this Act.
Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the wage equalization and recruitment and retention of direct support professionals who are providing services and supports to individuals with disabilities.
Cosponsors 85
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2005 to Dec 8, 2006; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 10, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Mar 10, 2005 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Apr 14, 2005 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| R-NE | Tom Osborne | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | May 17, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jun 9, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Jun 22, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Jun 30, 2005 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Jul 21, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-WV | Alan B. Mollohan | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Sep 8, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| R-WI | Paul D. Ryan | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Oct 25, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Oct 25, 2005 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Nov 9, 2005 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Nov 9, 2005 | |
| R-CT | Rob Simmons | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| R-OH | Robert W. Ney | Dec 14, 2005 | |
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Mar 30, 2006 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Mar 30, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Mar 30, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Mar 30, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | May 10, 2006 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | May 18, 2006 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 18, 2006 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | May 18, 2006 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | May 18, 2006 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jun 7, 2006 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 7, 2006 | |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Jun 7, 2006 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| R-KY | Ron Lewis | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Jun 29, 2006 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Jul 25, 2006 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Jul 25, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Jul 28, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Jul 28, 2006 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Sep 7, 2006 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 7, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Sep 7, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Sep 7, 2006 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Sep 28, 2006 | |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | Sep 28, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Sep 28, 2006 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Sep 28, 2006 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Sep 28, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Nov 14, 2006 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | Nov 14, 2006 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Nov 14, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Nov 14, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Nov 14, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Dec 6, 2006 | |
| R-PR | Luis G. Fortuno | Dec 8, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 10, 2005 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 10, 2005Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide funds to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities under the Medicaid Program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Auditing
- Caregivers
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost of living adjustments
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Home care services
- Labor and Employment
- Medicaid
- Paramedical personnel
- Performance measurement
- Planning
- Recruiting of employees
- Rehabilitation of the disabled
- Respite care
- Social Welfare
- Wages
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2005Introduced in House
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