{"id":148,"date":"2023-10-12T12:23:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.csg.org\/long-term-care\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2025-03-24T17:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:25:21","slug":"data-collection-and-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.csg.org\/long-term-care\/state-strategies-to-revitalize-the-long-term-care-workforce\/data-collection-and-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Collection and Monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"148\" class=\"elementor elementor-148\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b4de9a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b4de9a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3d9039\" data-id=\"c3d9039\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-419edb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"419edb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data Collection and Monitoring<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1674a50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1674a50\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee61fb7\" data-id=\"ee61fb7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-403a46a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"403a46a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A lack of reliable data about the direct care workforce is a challenge to the efforts to quantify concerns, identify priorities, implement solutions and evaluate outcomes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phinational.org\/resource\/state-policy-strategies-for-strengthening-the-direct-care-workforce\/\">More data is needed<\/a> on workforce volume, stability and compensation.<\/p><p>Several states took initial steps to improve direct care workforce data collection. Policymakers can look to state agencies and various professional organizations that collect workforce data.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29baa73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29baa73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>California<\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/letsgethealthy.ca.gov\/mpa-data-dashboard-for-aging\/#:~:text=California's%20over%2D60%20population%20is,a%20Master%20Plan%20for%20Aging.\">Data Dashboard on Aging<\/a> tracks the number of direct care workers by type and tracks licensed workers per 1,000 older adults by county.<\/li><li>A 2017 <strong>Massachusetts <\/strong>law requires the creation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/service-details\/home-care-worker-registry#:~:text=The%20Massachusetts%20Home%20Care%20Worker,(EOEA)%20manages%20the%20registry.\">public registry for home care workers<\/a> in its State Home Care Program. The registry verifies the type of training received and credentials earned.<\/li><li><strong>Texas<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/texreg.sos.state.tx.us\/public\/readtac$ext.TacPage?sl=R&amp;app=9&amp;p_dir=&amp;p_rloc=&amp;p_tloc=&amp;p_ploc=&amp;pg=1&amp;p_tac=&amp;ti=1&amp;pt=15&amp;ch=355&amp;rl=722\">requires reports<\/a> on the size, stability and compensation of the direct care workforce from long-term services and supports providers.<\/li><li><strong>Utah<\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaid.gov\/media\/file\/ut-american-rescue-plan-initial-spending.pdf\">American Rescue Plan Act spending plan<\/a> includes $500,000 for a study to evaluate and recommend ways to address the direct services workforce shortage and to support one-time projects based on the study.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2556dfb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2556dfb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0031df5\" data-id=\"0031df5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-930bb01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"930bb01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STATE POLICIES RELEVANT TO DATA COLLECTION AND MONITORING ON LONG-TERM CARE 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>California <\/strong>lawmakers in 2024 passed the <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1249\">Older Californians Act<\/a> requiring the California Department of Aging, by Sept. 30, 2026, to use data from validated sources, including the U.S. census, to inform deliverables related to identification of core programs and services to be provided to older adults and family caregivers as well as the development of regulations related to area agencies on aging.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/CT\/text\/HB05503\/id\/3001561\">Legislation in <strong>Connecticut<\/strong><\/a> in 2024 authorized a study of workforce shortages, workforce development and training availability, including an analysis of the effects of those things on commercial activity in the state.<\/p><p><strong>Hawaii <\/strong>lawmakers directed the Legislative Reference Bureau to <a 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submit certain reports to the Maryland Department of Labor regarding wage rates for personal care aides on or before Sept. 1 each year, beginning in 2025. The measure also requires the Maryland Department of Health to provide an overview of the federal \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/newsroom\/fact-sheets\/ensuring-access-medicaid-services-final-rule-cms-2442-f\">Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services Final Rule<\/a>\u201d and report to designated committees of the General Assembly within 180 days of its release, detailing the department\u2019s plans or steps to implement the rule.<\/p><p><strong>Michigan<\/strong>\u2019s legislation creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/documents\/2023-2024\/publicact\/htm\/2024-PA-0144.htm\">home help caregiver council<\/a> allows for the collection of statewide information and data related to the home help caregiver workforce, including, but not limited to:<\/p><ul><li>Individual home help caregiver pay<\/li><li>Retention and turnover rates<\/li><li>Individual home help caregiver job satisfaction<\/li><li>Service gaps caused by individual home health caregiver shortages<\/li><li>Other relevant information as requested by the interested parties advisory group.<\/li><\/ul><p>The council will serve as a communications hub for the home help caregiver workforce to disperse information relevant to individual home help caregivers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-795d744 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"795d744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d12a0f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"d12a0f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.state.al.us\/pdf\/SearchableInstruments\/2023RS\/HJR89-enr.pdf\">reconstituted the Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Task Force<\/a>, directing it to develop and prioritize recommendations to prepare the health care workforce to meet the rising need for dementia care.<\/p><p><strong>Arizona<\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azahcccs.gov\/AHCCCS\/Downloads\/Initiatives\/ARPA\/AHCCCS_ARPA_HCBS_SpendingPlan.pdf\">ARPA spending plan <\/a>proposed an investment in the Workforce Data Reporting System that will help state agencies monitor trends affecting recruitment and retention in the health care workforce.<\/p><p><strong>Minnesota<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/bills\/bill.php?b=Senate&amp;f=SF3035&amp;ssn=0&amp;y=2023\">established the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board<\/a>, created to conduct investigations into working conditions in the nursing home industry and adopt rules establishing minimum employment standards reasonably necessary to protect the health and welfare of nursing home workers.<\/p><p><strong>Minnesota <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/bills\/bill.php?b=Senate&amp;f=SF1384&amp;ssn=0&amp;y=2023\">required the commissioner of health<\/a> to publish a report on the current status of the nursing workforce, established rules to reduce violence against health care workers such as: annual incident response action plans, training for health care workers on safety during acts of violence, and official procedures allowing health care workers to request additional staffing to reduce risks of violence in hospitals.<\/p><p><strong>New Jersey<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njleg.state.nj.us\/bill-search\/2022\/S1033\">established the Alzheimer\u2019s and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission<\/a>, which will report about the state&#8217;s long-term care facilities capacity and evaluate the sufficiency of the State\u2019s dementia care workforce, including: identifying current and future workforce needs, anticipating future workforce shortages, and developing innovative strategies to encourage and increase the recruitment and retention of health care.<\/p><p><strong>Oregon <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2023R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB3306\">required health care providers<\/a> to annually report to OR Health Authority the aggregate amount of compensation paid to frontline workers as wages, benefits, salaries, bonuses and incentive payments.<\/p><p><strong>Pennsylvania <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/cfdocs\/billinfo\/billinfo.cfm?syear=2023&amp;sind=0&amp;body=H&amp;type=R&amp;bn=165\">directed<\/a> the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on the effect of workforce shortages on State-supported Medicaid home and community-based services waiver programs and the Pennsylvania Lottery-funded area agency on aging programs and Act 150 services in this Commonwealth.<\/p><p><strong>Wisconsin <\/strong>On behalf of the state, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UW-GB) collects demographic information (including education, age, race, and gender) and tracks the number of individuals who complete the Certified Direct Care Professional (CDCP) program, as well as the number of CDCPs who are employed by a home and community-based (HCBS) entity. Wisconsin Department of Health Services has an interagency agreement with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to conduct an evaluation of WisCaregiver Careers and the Certified Direct Care Professional program. The evaluation will be published in 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data Collection and Monitoring A lack of reliable data about the direct care workforce is a challenge to the efforts to quantify concerns, identify priorities, implement solutions and evaluate outcomes. More data is needed on workforce volume, stability and compensation. Several states took initial steps to improve direct care workforce data collection. 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