Sec. 401. Evaluation of impact on access to HCBS
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The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in coordination with the National Academy of Medicine, shall, not later than 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act, conduct or contract for a national survey of States, direct care professionals, family caregivers, and providers and recipients of home and community-based services, to determine the effects of the implementation of this Act and the amendments made by this Act on— the availability and access to home and community-based services under the Medicaid program nationally and in each State; the capacity of the direct service workforce to provide home and community-based services and information on the demographics (as defined in section 2) of such workforce; the compensation and working conditions, including scheduling and benefits, of direct care workers; the economic effects on beneficiaries and on families with a member receiving home and community-based services through Medicaid; the availability of direct care workers and services for people needing long-term services and supports who are not Medicaid eligible; family caregivers; and recommendations for measures to further expand and enhance access home and community-based services.
Not later than 9 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall publish a report containing the results of the survey conducted under subsection (a). The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Bureau of the Census, shall add to the American Community Survey a question designed to identify the need for long-term services and supports by residents of the United States. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.