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Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
To reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill reauthorizes and extends the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act through 2029, which supports mental health and substance use disorder services for health care professionals. It makes the education and awareness initiative to encourage health care professionals to use mental health services an annual recurring program rather than a one-time effort. The bill also expands eligible entities for mental health promotion programs to include organizations focused on reducing administrative burden on health care workers, and extends the authorization period for these programs from 2022-2024 to 2025-2029.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA)
9 cosponsors
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI)
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV)
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS)
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK)
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN)
Actions (2)
- Jan 28, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Jan 28, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 28, 2025
Mr. Kaine (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Reed, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act”.
SEC. 2. EDUCATION AND AWARENESS INITIATIVE ENCOURAGING USE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES BY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
Section 3 of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (Public Law 117-105) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting “and annually thereafter,” after “of this Act,”; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking “2022 through 2024” and inserting “2025 through 2029”.
SEC. 3. PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AMONG THE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE.
The second section 764 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294t), as added by section 4 of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (Public Law 117-105), is amended—
(1) by redesignating such section 764 as section 764A;
(2) in subsection (a)(3)—
(A) by striking “to eligible entities in” and inserting “to eligible entities that—
“(A) are in”;
(B) by striking the period and inserting “; or”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(B) have a focus on the reduction of administrative burden on health care workers.”;
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting “not less than” after “period of”; and
(4) in subsection (f), by striking “2022 through 2024” and inserting “2025 through 2029”. <all>
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