3.0.0 3696 2023-01-11T13:21:40Z 2023-01-11T13:21:40Z Senate S S 2010-08-03 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-08-03T21:04:58Z Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act 111 5902 HR 2010-10-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Identical bill CRS 2010-08-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2010-08-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6653) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N Health Allied health services Employee benefits and pensions Employment and training programs Government information and archives Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Labor standards Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Personnel records Wages and earnings Health 00 2010-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2010-11-09T21:31:47Z Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements any employee employed on a casual basis in domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who because of disability (or because of age or infirmity, as under current law) are unable to care for themselves.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish: (1) a direct care workforce monitoring program; and (2) a National Advisory Council on the Direct Care Workforce.

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

]]> Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act Display Title Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act with regard to certain exemptions under that Act for direct care workers and to improve the systems for the collection and reporting of data relating to the direct care workforce, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Direct Care Workforce Empowerment Act Introduced in Senate 2010-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3696is/xml/BILLS-111s3696is.xml 2010-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.