Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8541 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8541 To support the direct care professional workforce, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2026 Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Ms. Matsui) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To support the direct care professional workforce, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) In General.--This Act may be cited as the ``Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I--IMPROVING REIMBURSEMENT Sec. 101. Additional support for Medicaid long-term care services provided by direct care professionals. Sec. 102. Additional support for Medicaid long-term care services and direct care professionals. Sec. 103. Making permanent the State option to extend protection under Medicaid for recipients of home and community-based services against spousal impoverishment. Sec. 104. Permanent extension of money follows the person rebalancing demonstration. TITLE II--TRAINING, RECRUITMENT, CAREER ADVANCEMENT, AND WORKER SUPPORTS Subtitle A--Improving Workforce Training Chapter 1--Grants for Supporti