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Direct CARE Opportunity Act

Introduced: October 16, 2019 Introduced by: Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Sep 20, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 19, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Sep 19, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment Opportunity Act or the Direct CARE Opportunity Act

This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to recruit, retain, or provide advancement opportunities to direct care workers. The term "direct care worker" includes home health aides, psychiatric aides, nursing assistants, and personal care aides who assist seniors and persons with disabilities in their homes.

What's happening now September 20, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2521 Identical bill Direct CARE Opportunity Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 10
D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Oct 20, 2020
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Oct 20, 2020
Delgado, Antonio
· Feb 10, 2020
Perlmutter, Ed
· Dec 5, 2019
 D
Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Dec 5, 2019
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Nov 14, 2019
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Oct 23, 2019
LANGEVIN, JAMES
· Oct 16, 2019
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Oct 8, 2019
Luria, Elaine
· Oct 4, 2019
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Oct 4, 2019
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 4, 2019
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Sep 26, 2019
Napolitano, Grace
· Sep 26, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 26, 2019
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Sep 19, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4397: Direct CARE Opportunity Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4397/
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"H.R. 4397: Direct CARE Opportunity Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4397/.
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