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- Sen. Young, Todd [R-Indiana]
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-Rhode Island]
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-Kansas]
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-New Hampshire]
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-Alaska]
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-Virginia]
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-West Virginia]
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-Wisconsin]
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-Nevada]
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This bill would extend and update a federal law that supports the mental health and well-being of doctors, nurses, and other health care workers. It keeps funding and awareness efforts going for several more years, with a focus on encouraging health professionals to use mental health and substance use disorder services when they need them. It also continues programs that help health care employers and organizations improve worker mental health, including efforts to reduce the stress and burden caused by paperwork and other non-clinical tasks.
- It renews the education and awareness program and requires it to continue on an annual basis.
- It extends the time period for that awareness effort from 2025 through 2029.
- It updates the workforce mental health grant program so eligible groups can include organizations focused on reducing administrative burden on health care workers.
- It also extends that workforce program through 2029 and clarifies that grant periods must last at least a minimum amount of time.
Official Summaries
Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 and revises Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grants for programs and training to improve mental health among health care professionals and a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiative to educate health care professionals about their mental health and related services.
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes HRSA grants to health care service providers and medical professional associations to implement programs supporting these professionals’ mental health, such as through peer-support programs or providing mental health care. It also authorizes HRSA to prioritize applicants that focus on reducing administrative burden on health care workers.
Also, the bill reauthorizes HRSA grants to government and certain educational entities for training health care students and professionals on how to address mental health and related issues. It also specifies that grants or contracts awarded under the program must be for not less than three years.
Additionally, the bill reauthorizes a CDC education and awareness initiative to help health care professionals understand and seek support for their mental health. It also requires the CDC to submit annual reports to specified congressional committees on the initiative’s activities and outcomes.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 266 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 266
To reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act,
and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
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''.
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