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Debbie Dingell (D-MI)

Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act

H.R. 929 · House bill Health

A Democratic bill with 16 Republican cosponsors · See all 85 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill aims to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. It updates the timeline for various initiatives to cover the years 2026 through 2030. The legislation also adjusts the education and awareness initiative to occur annually. Additionally, it modifies how programs to promote mental health among the health professional workforce are handled. Specifically, it adds a focus on reducing the administrative burden on health care workers for eligible entities.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this make mental health care easier to get?

    The bill extends and reinforces mental health and substance use disorder services for health care professionals through 2030.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.