This part extends a program on the mental health of health care workers. It stretches one deadline from two years to five, makes an awareness campaign yearly, and moves the funding years to 2026 through 2030.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 6508 in the PDF
What the document says
“by striking ``2 years'' and inserting ``5 years''.”
Subsection (a) of section 6508 amends section 2 of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, striking 2 years and inserting 5 years. The section heading names dissemination of best practices.
What the document actually says
“by striking ``2 years'' and inserting ``5 years''.”
That sentence, in plain words
Cross out the words 2 years. Write in the words 5 years.
What this is about
The Act is named for a doctor who died by suicide during the pandemic. It deals with the mental health of health workers.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 6508 in the PDF
What the document says
“(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ``and annually thereafter,'' after ``of this Act,''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``2022 through 2024'' and inserting ``2026 through 2030''.”
Subsection (b) of section 6508 amends section 3 of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, adding the words and annually thereafter and resetting the funding years from 2022 through 2024 to 2026 through 2030.
What the document actually says
“(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ``and annually thereafter,'' after ``of this Act,''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``2022 through 2024'' and inserting ``2026 through 2030''.”
That sentence, in plain words
Write in three words: and annually thereafter. Then cross out one set of years and write in 2026 through 2030.
What this is about
The campaign urges health workers to use mental health care. A one-time push fades. Doing it each year keeps it in front of people.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 6508 in the PDF
What the document says
“``(B) have a focus on the reduction of administrative burden on health care workers.'';”
Subsection (c) of section 6508 amends the second section 764 of the Public Health Service Act, redesignating it as section 764A. It adds a second class of eligible entity, those focused on reducing administrative burden on health care workers, inserts not less than before a stated period, and resets the funding years from 2022 through 2024 to 2026 through 2030.
What the document actually says
“``(B) have a focus on the reduction of administrative burden on health care workers.'';”
That sentence, in plain words
A group may also qualify a second way. It must work to cut the paperwork load on health workers.
What this is about
Paperwork is one of the things that wears health workers down. Cutting it is treated here as part of the same problem.
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The main things the section does: extend the dissemination deadline, make the education and awareness initiative annual and reset its years, add a second class of eligible entity focused on reducing administrative burden, add not less than to a period, and reset the funding years for the workforce mental health programs.
The mechanical amendment redesignating a duplicate section 764 as section 764A.
The section amends the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act and the Public Health Service Act. Neither is indexed here.
