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
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
.