Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act

Bill: 119-s-266
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2025-01-28
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Health personnel

Health promotion and preventive care

Mental health
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act</strong></p><p>This bill&nbsp;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.</p><p>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&nbsp;HRSA to prioritize applicants that focus on reducing administrative burden on health care workers.</p><p>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.</p><p>Additionally, the bill&nbsp;reauthorizes a CDC education and awareness initiative to help health care professionals understand and seek support for their mental health. It also requires the&nbsp;CDC to submit annual reports to specified congressional committees on the initiative’s activities and outcomes.</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 266 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act . 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 . 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 .