# 119-hr-2304: Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Home Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act

119-hr-2304, Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Home Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2304
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Home Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-24

## Summary

**Preserves exemptions for companionship and live-in domestic services under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)** by defining what those services include and by making clear that workers employed by agencies or other employers are covered. - Families and households get a clearer rule about covered help. The bill lists non-medical personal care and related household tasks that count as companionship services, and limits general household work to 20% of a worker’s weekly hours. - Home care workers and aides get a statutory list of tasks that qualify, such as bathing, dressing, medication reminders, meal preparation, laundry, errands, and assistance with appointments. It also says medically trained personnel are not part of companionship services. - Third-party employers and agencies are explicitly included. The measure adds “including through third-party employment” to the existing exemptions and removes the rule that those terms be defined only by department regulations.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Clearer pay rules for home care workers: mixed, medium. If enacted, this would keep FLSA exemptions for some home care. Companionship services could be exempt from minimum wage and overtime. Live-in domestic workers could be exempt from overtime. These services are for people who cannot self-care due to age or disability. The bill would define what coun…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1915: Stop the Cartels Act
- 119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act
- 119-hr-2282: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2304 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2304)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1915: Stop the Cartels Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1915)
- [119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-687)
- [119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8206)
- [119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4706)
- [119-hr-2282: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2282)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2304 (as of 2026-10-24).