Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates reauthorization and expansion of education and awareness initiative encouraging use of mental health and substance use disorder services by health care professionals and creates expansion of grant programs to promote mental health among health professional workforce, including eligibility broadening for entities focused on reducing administrative burden on health care workers. It relies on grants, reporting requirements, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Healthcare and Education.
Who Benefits and How
Health care professionals seeking mental health services could face fewer barriers, Health care organizations focused on reducing administrative burden could gain revenue opportunities, and Health care workers experiencing burnout could face fewer barriers.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal government (HHS) could face higher costs and Department of Health and Human Services would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Creates reauthorization and expansion of education and awareness initiative encouraging use of mental health and substance use disorder services by health care professionals.
- Creates expansion of grant programs to promote mental health among health professional workforce, including eligibility broadening for entities focused on reducing administrative burden on health care workers.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates reauthorization and expansion of education and awareness initiative encouraging use of mental health and substance use disorder services by health care professionals and creates expansion of grant programs to promote mental health among health professional workforce, including eligibility broadening for entities focused on reducing administrative burden on health care workers.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Education
Primary Purpose
The bill creates reauthorization and expansion of education and awareness initiative encouraging use of mental health and substance use disorder services by health care professionals and creates expansion of grant programs to promote mental health among health professional workforce, including eligibility broadening for entities focused on reducing administrative burden on health care workers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Health care professionals seeking mental health services
- Health care organizations focused on reducing administrative burden
- Health care workers experiencing burnout
- Existing eligible entities for mental health workforce grants
- Mental health and substance use disorder service providers
Identified Costs
- Federal government (HHS)
- Department of Health and Human Services
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Dingell (for herself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Ms. McClellan, …
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Health care professionals seeking mental health services, Health care workers experiencing burnout
Health care organizations focused on reducing administrative burden, Mental health and substance use disorder service providers
Department of Health and Human Services, Federal government
Existing eligible entities for mental health workforce grants
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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