Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act

Key Points

• This bill asks the government to create a specific job category for "direct support professionals." These workers help people with disabilities live independently by assisting with daily tasks, jobs, and social activities.
• Currently, these workers are grouped with other health aides. This makes it hard to track how many there are or how often they quit. The bill argues that their work is unique and deserves its own official classification.
• There is a major shortage of these workers, with about 39% leaving their jobs every year. Having a specific job code would help the government collect better data to understand why people are leaving and how to fix the shortage.
• If the Office of Management and Budget decides not to create the new code during its next update, it must send a report to Congress explaining the decision. This ensures the issue is not ignored.
• This change would not require any new federal spending. It is a technical update to help states and the federal government better understand the needs of the disability care workforce.

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