[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.


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                   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

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                                 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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