U.S. CARE POLICY SCORECARD: POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS - Pass laws that strengthen

While this failure hurts all of us, it poses specific dangers to the health and well-being of women and girls, BIPOC, and immigrants and refugees, and deepens structural inequalities. [...] must The Better Care Better Jobs (BCBJ) Act and the pass paid sick leave and paid family and medical Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) leave legislation. [...] Congress should pass the Family Access Act would expand care services for the and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act and the elderly and people with disabilities, both groups Healthy Families Act. [...] wage for all workers and Discrimination and harassment in the workforce are strengthen equal pay laws a serious issue for women and LGBTQIA+ individ- uals, and protections need to be strengthened. [...] While some states Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act presents an have policies that seek to fill these gaps, the vast overarching framework for the rights and protec- majority of states do not, which deepens inequality tions of domestic workers, and includes provisions from state to state and highlights the need for the federal government to prioritize care policies.