In 2022, the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (P.L. 117-105) was signed into law, establishing initiatives to address suicide, mental health, burnout, and resiliency of health professionals. The law was named after Lorna Breen, MD, an emergency physician at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital working on the front lines of the pandemic, who died by suicide on April 26, 2020.
Key provisions of the law expired last year. The AANS and the CNS support the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act (S. 266/H.R. 929) to renew these essential grant programs for an additional five years, ensuring continued support for physicians and other clinicians.
