; and (B) the purposes described in paragraph (3) after the end of such emergency period. (2) Focused areas of HCBS improvement The purposes described in this paragraph, with respect to a State, are the following: (A) To increase rates for home health agencies and agencies that employ direct support professionals (including independent providers in a self-directed or consumer-directed model) to provide home and community-based services under the State Medicaid program, provided that any agency or individual that receives payment under such an increased rate increases the compensation it pays its home health workers or direct support professionals. (B) To provide paid sick leave, paid family leave, and paid medical leave for home health workers and direct support professionals. (C) To provide hazard pay, overtime pay, and shift differential pay for home health workers and direct support professionals. (D) To provide home and community-based services to eligible individuals who are on waiting lists for programs approved under sections 1115 or 1915 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1315 , 1396n). (E) To expand home and community-based services to facilitate reducing the census of nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, psychiatric facilities, and other institutional or congregate settings so that safety measures can be effectively implemented within these settings. (F) To purchase emergency supplies and equipment, which may include items not typically covered under the Medicaid program, such as personal protective equipment, necessary to enhance access to services and to protect the health and well-being of home health workers and direct support professionals. (G) To pay for the travel of home health workers and direct support professionals to conduct home and community-based services. (H) To recruit new home health workers and direct support professionals. (I) To support family care providers of eligible individuals with needed supplies and equipment, which may include items not typically covered