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<dc:title>117 S3679 RS: Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><calendar>Calendar No. 423</calendar><congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 3679</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20240130">January 30, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S362">Mr. Kaine</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S391">Mr. Young</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S259">Mr. Reed</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S411">Mr. Marshall</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S288">Ms. Murkowski</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S363">Mr. King</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S284">Ms. Stabenow</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S372">Mrs. Capito</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S327">Mr. Warner</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S331">Mrs. Gillibrand</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S354">Ms. Baldwin</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S394">Ms. Smith</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S324">Mrs. Shaheen</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSHR00" added-display-style="italic" deleted-display-style="strikethrough">Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</committee-name></action-desc></action><action stage="Reported-in-Senate"><action-date date="20240618">June 18, 2024</action-date><action-desc>Reported by <sponsor name-id="S313">Mr. Sanders</sponsor>, with an amendment</action-desc><action-instruction>Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic</action-instruction></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="S1" section-type="section-one" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSHR00"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86f3eaa435df472ab5dabe9c68ee9b64" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSHR00"><enum>2.</enum><header>Education and awareness initiative encouraging use of mental health and substance use disorder services by health care professionals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/105">Public Law 117–105</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf40f7ab3fa55424fa585768992417ba4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>and annually thereafter,</quote> after <quote>of this Act,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id674d8630619d4802a37298b11bb2ec91"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>2022 through 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>2025 through 2029</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id4116e6763aa145ff9029007f0c8dfa00" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSHR00"><enum>3.</enum><header>Programs to promote mental health among the health professional workforce</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The second section 764 of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/294t">42 U.S.C. 294t</external-xref>), as added by section 4 of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/105">Public Law 117–105</external-xref>), is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c265b2ebf2b4be4b6ca3f18b40a3a46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating such section 764 as section 764A;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida12cbdc56cdd49e29ce620506806a150"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2217480189d54c6c9d81f403f3060735"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>to eligible entities in</quote> and inserting “to eligible entities that—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0CC48C4F8444F5DAAE4FDC2CAD7F25F" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSHR00"><subparagraph id="ide091d62662d64e1b82442abfa1cbdcaa"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are in</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03aa69ff6ff0415c922bc0098ba31ece"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3651ce295b37465caa93fe435b9821bb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EEB76470F73436A9E94D2780D34A008" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSHR00"><subparagraph id="id385516c8c1864c2085e60d1b66b11111"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have a focus on the reduction of administrative burden on health care workers.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5849d9030e7f49b69f94476fc215fe2a"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by inserting <quote>not less than</quote> after <quote>period of</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb84fd2ab18945c3a2aef3aa5991dc10"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>2022 through 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>2025 through 2029</quote>.</text></paragraph></section></legis-body><legis-body display-enacting-clause="no-display-enacting-clause"><section id="id1f2a7b20-edec-4ad1-bbeb-9f3e9f35b1f1" section-type="section-one" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSHR00"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida65485b7-eaf1-4094-af0d-bc73da4d5399" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSHR00"><enum>2.</enum><header>Dissemination of best practices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/105">Public Law 117–105</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id152f39b6525d45e18dd0585a213fd723"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id06886311d4df4241ae9572dce2821199"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and prevent substance use and misuse</quote> after <quote>promote their mental health</quote>. </text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="idc4461090f18741a9aeee692a0e866f89" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSHR00"><enum>3.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education and awareness initiative encouraging use of mental health and substance use disorder services by health care professionals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/105">Public Law 117–105</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf1a49ce-1688-4144-a67f-d39f5ab2d5ed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>and annually thereafter,</quote> after <quote>of this Act,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefb59da9-b000-4fa3-a55f-8225a40d3ec4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>2022 through 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>2025 through 2029</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id96dcd25c-c147-4d84-a7cc-13ffc3de8c15" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSHR00"><enum>4.</enum><header>Programs to promote mental health among the health professional workforce</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The second section 764 of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/294t">42 U.S.C. 294t</external-xref>), as added by section 4 of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/105">Public Law 117–105</external-xref>), is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9779eda3-b891-4ea4-a560-e816ac7eb771"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating such section 764 as section 764A;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d106fb5-c4d0-457a-9476-b72216c4ee89"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2a93ef8-3787-4bd0-9e01-5761aa8d9b23"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>to eligible entities in</quote> and inserting “to eligible entities that—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide47b00ea-ad1a-4070-970b-26518470c8c3" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSHR00"><subparagraph id="id05b6231c-91f9-4bb1-8be7-89f60e6b7185"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are in</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6d32159-0d0a-447d-b417-f48aa5356073"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb4baec7-bd03-49b5-8cd6-ed3995e7231c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9f3ba88-13d3-4c2d-b9ab-fd4711d2cb2e" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSHR00"><subparagraph id="idd25b2711-25d5-430a-8874-34813beaa82f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have a focus on the reduction of administrative burden on health care workers.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0848bd9e-ae6f-4fd2-9e18-ffb6d560e50d"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by inserting <quote>not less than</quote> after <quote>period of</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95b45ebe-1293-4bae-b6e5-5d2f1e575457"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>2022 through 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>2025 through 2029</quote>.</text></paragraph></section></legis-body><endorsement><action-date date="20240618">June 18, 2024</action-date><action-desc>Reported with an amendment</action-desc></endorsement></bill> 

