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Timothy Kaine (D-VA)

Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act

S. 266 · Senate bill Health

A Democratic bill with 4 Republican cosponsors · See all 9 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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 seeks to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. It amends the existing law to extend certain timelines from 2025 through 2029. The legislation also modifies the requirements for eligible entities receiving support. Specifically, it adds a focus on reducing the administrative burden on health care workers. Finally, it adjusts the frequency of certain requirements to include annual actions.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this make mental health care easier to get?

    The bill extends and reauthorizes programs designed to promote mental health and substance use disorder services among health care professionals through 2029.

  • Scored +4

    Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths?

    The bill maintains support for substance use disorder services for the health care workforce.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.