3.0.0 5197 2023-01-13T22:01:43Z 2023-01-13T22:01:43Z House H HR 2004-09-30 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2004-10-08T16:25:14Z Referred to 2004-09-30T14:00:30Z 2004-10-08 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2004-09-30 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2004-09-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-09-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000459 Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] LEE TERRY R NE 2 N C001036 Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] LOIS CAPPS D CA 23 2004-09-30 True H001037 Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] Stephanie Herseth D SD 0 2004-10-07 False M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2004-10-08 False P000099 Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4] ED PASTOR D AZ 4 2004-10-08 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2004-10-08 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2004-11-16 False M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2004-11-16 False R000011 Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] NICK RAHALL D WV J. 3 2004-11-17 False L000552 Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18] RAY LAHOOD R IL 18 2004-11-19 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2004-11-19 False O000165 Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3] TOM OSBORNE R NE 3 2004-11-19 False M000934 Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] Jerry Moran R KS 1 2004-11-19 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2004-11-19 False 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 Home care services Labor and Employment Medicaid Paramedical personnel Performance measurement Planning Recruiting of employees Rehabilitation of the disabled Respite care Social Welfare Wages Health 00 2004-09-30 Introduced in House 2004-10-20T20:02:59Z Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act of 2004 - 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.

]]> Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act of 2004 Display Title Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act of 2004 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. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-09-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr5197ih/xml/BILLS-108hr5197ih.xml 2004-10-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.