HR 2341 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act of 2011

Introduced Jun 23, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Linda T. Sánchez D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 8, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 23, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of any employee employed on a casual basis in domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who because of age or infirmity are unable to care for themselves. Extends the same exemption to a casual employee in domestic service employment to provide companionship services for disabled individuals unable to care for themselves.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a direct care workforce monitoring program.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state Medicaid plan to require the state to report annually to the Secretary on the adequacy of its direct care workforce to provide long-term care (LTC) services.

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the National Health Care Workforce Commission, as a high priority, to review, analyze, and report annually to Congress and the Health Resources and Services Administration on the current and projected direct care workforce supply and demand.

Directs the Secretary to award grants to states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to develop data collection and monitoring systems to assess the adequacy of a state's or tribe's direct care workforce to meet current and future demand for LTC services.

Directs the Secretary to award competitive three-year grants to states and other eligible entities to improve the recruitment, retention, and education of direct care workers.

Cosponsors 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2011 to Jan 24, 2012, with 21 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-OHBetty SuttonOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalJun 23, 2011
D-CABob FilnerOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-IABruce L. BraleyOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-ORDavid WuOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 23, 2011
D-CALaura RichardsonOriginalJun 23, 2011
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 8, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  2. Jun 24, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jun 23, 2011Introduced in House
  4. Jun 23, 2011Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1273Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act of 2011Related billJun 23, 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

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  1. Jun 23, 2011Introduced in House

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