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S. 3211119th CongressIn markupLatest action Aug 6, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act
Introduced:
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S 3211 directs OMB to consider a distinct job code for direct support professionals, who face 39% turnover.
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S 3211 directs OMB to consider creating a separate job classification for "direct support professionals," workers who help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities with daily tasks. Currently these workers are grouped with home health or personal care aides in the Standard Occupational Classification system, despite doing different work. OMB would review this the next time it updates the SOC system, and if it declines, it must explain why in a report to Congress.
Direct support professionals, their employers, and federal agencies collecting labor statistics; indirectly, policymakers deciding future funding.
The change would mainly affect data collection and tracking of worker turnover (currently 39%) rather than pay, benefits, or working conditions. Better data could inform future policy or funding decisions, but the bill does not mandate the reclassification happen.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.