3.0.0 1273 2023-01-11T13:22:52Z 2023-01-11T13:22:52Z Senate S S 2011-06-23 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-06-23T20:58:38Z Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act of 2011 112 2341 HR 2011-09-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Related bill CRS 2011-06-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-06-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2011-06-23 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-06-23 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-06-29 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-08-01 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-08-02 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2011-09-07 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2011-09-21 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2012-03-12 False Labor and Employment Allied health services Census and government statistics Employment and training programs Government information and archives Health personnel Home and outpatient care Labor standards Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Wages and earnings Labor and Employment 00 2011-06-23 Introduced in Senate 2011-09-16T19:36:10Z 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.

]]> Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act of 2011 Display Title Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act of 2011 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 Job Quality Improvement Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1273is/xml/BILLS-112s1273is.xml 2011-06-23 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.