Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 118th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

BFR FitzpatrickSponsor

53 cosponsors · 43 D, 10 R

JMD Morelle DPD Phillips DRD Ross JGD Golden AKD Kim DTD Trone RKD Krishnamoorthi MMR Molinaro AKD Kuster JRD Raskin SWD Wild BHD Higgins END Norton MPD Peltola JJR Joyce MLR Lawler YCD Caraveo CPD Pappas ECD Cleaver DED Evans GTR Thompson DDD Davis JMD McGovern FMD Mrvan LBD Blunt Rochester GCD Connolly BLR Luetkemeyer WND Nickel SCD Casten SDD Davids MKD Kaptur KPD Porter PRD Ryan BPD Pettersen CPD Pingree MCD Cartwright SMD Moulton SCD Cherfilus-McCormick JND Neguse PTD Tonko JBD Bowman SBD Bonamici MCR Carey RTD Torres RER Estes JCR Comer LSR Smucker YKR Kim JCD Crow DKD Kildee TSD Suozzi JAD Auchincloss TCD Carter

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to establish a separate category within the Standard Occupational Classification system for direct support professionals (i.e., individuals who provide services to promote independence in individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability) for data reporting purposes.