S. 3211, Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on August 6, 2026
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars
2026
2026-2031
2026-2036
Direct Spending (Outlays)
0
0
0
Revenues
0
0
0
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
0
0
0
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)
0
*
*
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037?
No
Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?
No
Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037?
S. 3211 would require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to consider creating a separate occupational code for direct support professionals when it next revises the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. The bill also would require the agency to report to the Congress if it does not create such a code. Direct support professionals provide care and support to people with disabilities. The SOC system is a federal statistical standard used to classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, and disseminating data.
OMB is scheduled to review the SOC in 2028. More than 1,500 of the public submissions related to that review discussed direct support professionals. Thus, under current policy, CBO expects that OMB will satisfy the requirement to consider treatment of direct support professionals in the SOC system. CBO estimates that satisfying the reporting requirement, if necessary, would cost less than $500,000 over the 2026-2031 period. Any spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is David Rafferty. The estimate was reviewed by Christina Hawley Anthony, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.
