Sec. 221. Assessment of direct care professional well-being
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), in coordination with the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall— not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, develop a research-based tool for assessing direct care professional well-being, as described in subsection (b); and not less frequently than biennially, collect data on worker well-being using the tool developed pursuant to paragraph
(1)and make such data publicly available as described in subsection (c). The tool for the assessment of direct care professional well-being developed under subsection (a)(1) shall— include the use of an anonymous, validated survey of direct care professionals; at a minimum, assess and include the views of such professionals on— workplace policies and culture, including meaningful engagement of such professionals; workplace physical environment and safety; circumstances outside of work for such professionals; and the physical and mental health status of such professionals; and be developed with input from direct care professionals, older individuals, people with disabilities, and family members of older individuals and people with disabilities. The Secretary shall— make available, through a publicly available data repository, aggregated and de-identified data collected by the assessment of direct care professional well-being under subsection (a); make the assessment tool developed under subsection (a)(1) publicly available in a format that allows employers, researchers, and other entities to voluntarily use and administer such assessment for purposes of using information collected by the assessment to improve the well-being of direct care professionals; and conduct outreach to employers, researchers, and other relevant entities to increase awareness of the availability of the tool for the assessment of the well-being of direct care professionals. In developing the assessment tool under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall minimize the burden of the data collection process on direct care professionals. The Secretary shall ensure that the assessment tool developed under subsection (a)(1), the process of data collection under subsection (a), and the publicly available data under subsection (c)(1), do not involve the collection or disclosure of any individually identifiable information regarding the direct care professionals who are being assessed. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that the assessment tool developed under subsection (a)(1) or the data collected through such tool be used for purposes of quality measurement or payment systems under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ) or a State Medicaid program. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall— submit to Congress a report on the findings of the assessment under subsection (a), including any recommendations to address direct care professional well-being; and make such report publicly available on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For purposes of this section, the term well-being , with respect to a direct care professional, means the quality of life with respect to the health and work-related environment of such professional as related to organizational and psychosocial factors. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2030.
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Sec. 221
Assessment of direct care professional well-being
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