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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 266 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, |
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| 6 | 6 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. K |
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| 10 | 10 | | AINE(for himself, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. REED, Mr. MARSHALL, Mrs. SHA- |
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| 11 | 11 | | HEEN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. WARNER, and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the |
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| 12 | 12 | | following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on |
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| 13 | 13 | | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider |
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| 16 | 16 | | Protection Act, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dr. Lorna Breen 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •S 266 IS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. EDUCATION AND AWARENESS INITIATIVE ENCOUR-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | AGING USE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUB-2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | STANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES BY 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 3 of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Pro-5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | vider Protection Act (Public Law 117–105) is amended— 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘and annu-7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ally thereafter,’’ after ‘‘of this Act,’’; and 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2022 through 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 2029’’. 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SEC. 3. PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AMONG 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | THE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE. 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | The second section 764 of the Public Health Service 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 294t), as added by section 4 of the Dr. 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (Public 15 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Law 117–105), is amended— 16 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) by redesignating such section 764 as section 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 764A; 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) in subsection (a)(3)— 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (A) by striking ‘‘to eligible entities in’’ and 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | inserting ‘‘to eligible entities that— 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(A) are in’’; 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 23 |
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| 48 | 48 | | or’’; and 24 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 25 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(B) have a focus on the reduction of ad-1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ministrative burden on health care workers.’’; 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘not less 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | than’’ after ‘‘period of’’; and 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2022 through 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 2029’’. 6 |
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