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    <item congress="117" measure-type="s" measure-number="610" measure-id="id117s610" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2021-03-04" update-date="2021-12-21">
        <title>Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117s610v49" currentChamber="BOTH" update-date="2021-12-21">
            <action-date>2021-12-10</action-date>
            <action-desc>Public Law</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes several budgetary, technical, and procedural changes, particularly in relation to Medicare and increasing the debt limit. </p> <p>Specifically, the bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until March 31, 2022. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.) </p> <p>The bill also establishes expedited Senate procedures for considering legislation to increase the debt limit. The procedures limit debate, waive points of order, and prohibit amendments. The procedures may only be used once and expire after January 16, 2022. </p> <p>Additionally, the bill (1) temporarily extends other provisions under Medicare, including a payment increase under the physician fee schedule; and (2) requires any debits recorded for FY2022 on the statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) scorecards to be deducted from the scorecards for 2022 and added to the scorecards for 2023.</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <summary summary-id="id117s610v53" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-12-09">
            <action-date>2021-12-07</action-date>
            <action-desc>Passed House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes several budgetary, technical, and procedural changes, particularly in relation to Medicare and increasing the debt limit. </p> <p>Specifically, the bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until March 31, 2022. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.) </p> <p>The bill also establishes expedited Senate procedures for considering legislation to increase the debt limit. The procedures limit debate, waive points of order, and prohibit amendments. The procedures may only be used once and expire after January 16, 2022. </p> <p>Additionally, the bill (1) temporarily extends other provisions under Medicare, including a payment increase under the physician fee schedule; and (2) requires any debits recorded for FY2022 on the statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) scorecards to be deducted from the scorecards for 2022 and added to the scorecards for 2023.</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <summary summary-id="id117s610v55" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-12-07">
            <action-date>2021-08-06</action-date>
            <action-desc>Passed Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes grants and requires other activities to improve mental and behavioral health among health care providers.</p> <p>Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to hospitals, medical professional associations, and other health care entities for programs to promote mental health and resiliency among health care providers. In addition, HHS may award grants for relevant mental and behavioral health training for health care students, residents, or professionals.</p> <p>Additionally, HHS must conduct a campaign to encourage health care providers to seek support and treatment for mental and behavioral health concerns and disseminate best practices to prevent suicide and improve mental health and resiliency among health care providers.</p> <p>HHS must also study and develop policy recommendations on</p> <ul> <li>improving mental and behavioral health among health care providers,</li> <li>removing barriers to accessing care and treatment, and</li> <li>identifying strategies to promote resiliency.</li> </ul> <p>Furthermore, the Government Accountability Office must report on the extent to which relevant federal grant programs address the prevalence and severity of mental health conditions and substance use disorders among health care providers.</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <summary summary-id="id117s610v25" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-08-25">
            <action-date>2021-06-08</action-date>
            <action-desc>Reported to Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes grants and requires other activities to improve mental and behavioral health among health care providers.</p> <p>Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to hospitals, medical professional associations, and other health care entities for programs to promote mental health and resiliency among health care providers. In addition, HHS may award grants for relevant mental and behavioral health training for health care students, residents, or professionals.</p> <p>Additionally, HHS must conduct a campaign to encourage health care providers to seek support and treatment for mental and behavioral health concerns and disseminate best practices to prevent suicide and improve mental health and resiliency among health care providers.</p> <p>HHS must also study and develop policy recommendations on</p> <ul> <li>improving mental and behavioral health among health care providers,</li> <li>removing barriers to accessing care and treatment, and</li> <li>identifying strategies to promote resiliency. </li></ul>]]></summary-text>
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        <summary summary-id="id117s610v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-06-01">
            <action-date>2021-03-04</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes grants and requires other activities to improve mental and behavioral health and prevent burnout among health care providers.</p> <p>Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to</p> <ul> <li>train health care providers on suicide prevention, other behavioral health issues, and strategies to improve well-being; and</li> <li>establish or expand programs to promote mental and behavioral health among health care providers involved with COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) response efforts.</li> </ul> <p>HHS must also study and develop policy recommendations on</p> <ul> <li>preventing burnout and improving mental and behavioral health among health care providers,</li> <li>removing barriers to accessing care and treatment, and</li> <li>identifying strategies to promote resiliency. </li> </ul> <p>Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must conduct a campaign to encourage health care providers to seek support and treatment for mental and behavioral health concerns.</p>]]></summary-text>
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