Sec. 202. Domestic employees’ benefits study

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The Secretary shall conduct a study, which may be through a contract with another entity, for the purpose of providing information to labor organizations, employers, and the general public concerning how to increase the number of domestic employees who have access to a secure retirement, affordable health care, unemployment insurance, life insurance, and other common benefits provided to employees of large private and public sector employers. The study conducted under paragraph

(1)shall include— a review of— the levels of access to and usage of benefits for domestic employees, including retirement savings, health insurance, and reduced health care costs, paid sick time, unemployment insurance, disability and life insurance, and paid family and medical leave; barriers for domestic employees to— participate in the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq. ); obtain disability insurance; access and use benefits, including the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq. ), the Medicare program established under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ), the Medicaid program established under title XIX of that Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. ), unemployment insurance, any benefits provided under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ), including the amendments made by that Act, paid family and medical leave, paid sick time, and any additional benefits identified by the Secretary, including such benefits that are portable from job to job; otherwise access affordable health insurance; and access any other benefits described in clause (i); the portability of work-related benefits for domestic employees and the laws, including regulations, preventing innovation, and improvement in the portability of such benefits; and whether domestic employees benefitted from the emergency family and medical leave and emergency paid sick leave provisions under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( Public Law 116–127 ), including the amendments made by that Act, and lessons learned from the implementation of such provisions; an identification and analysis of State and nongovernmental innovations that can serve as potential replicable models on the national level to increase access to work-related benefits for domestic employees, through portability, outreach, enrollment, and other strategies; a comparison of the ability of domestic employees to access, be eligible for, and participate in public and private sector work-related benefits compared to such ability of other employees; a study on the coverage of domestic employees under State employees’ compensation laws, including in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and territories of the United States; and recommendations for innovations and reforms that would— ensure domestic employees could— access and use benefits, including the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq. ), the Medicare program established under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ), the Medicaid program established under title XIX of that Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq. ), unemployment insurance, any benefits provided under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ), including the amendments made by that Act, paid family and medical leave, paid sick time, and any additional benefits identified by the Secretary, including such benefits that are portable from job to job; and have contributions for the benefits described in subclause

(I)from multiple employers as applicable; provide adequate levels of such benefits for domestic employees; and enable a domestic employee to have access to such benefits through multiple jobs the employee may have. Not later than 15 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the President and Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection

(a)that includes each of the following: The findings and conclusions of the study, including its findings and conclusions with respect to the matters described in subsection (a)(2). Considerations for laws, including regulations, that should be reviewed to address barriers impacting domestic employees. Other information and recommendations with respect to benefits for domestic employees as the Secretary considers appropriate.

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