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The "Lorna Breen Act" in Short

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Click through a short summary of the provisions of the Dr Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act.

As the nation grapples with new COVI9-19 variants, mental health trauma specialists have expressed concerns about post-traumatic stress that frontline medical care practitioners will face in the next era of the pandemic.

With forecasts like this one taken into consideration, the Dr Lorna Breen Healthcare Provider Protection Act, passed by the US Senate today, prioritizes resources for education and mental and behavioral health treatment for health care providers in current or former COVID-19 hotspots.

Provisions of the Act, outlined on the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation web site, are summarized in the slides below.


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