Sec. 11. Report and survey on volunteer access to health care benefits
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for four years, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report including each of the following: The number of Peace Corps volunteers who returned to the United States in the prior year and whom the Director assisted in resolving difficulties in securing health care benefits through the Department of Labor (including difficulties in receiving health care services or reimbursement for such services).
The date on which the Director was contacted by each such volunteer to request such assistance. If such difficulties were successfully resolved by the Director, the date of each such resolution. The average period of time that such resolution was pending, with respect to requests for such assistance in the prior year. The rate of satisfaction of such returned volunteers with the quality of such assistance. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report including the results of the survey described in paragraph
(2). The survey described in this paragraph is an annual survey, provided to each former Peace Corps volunteer who accessed post-service health care provided by the Peace Corps, that assesses, with respect to such volunteers, each of the following: The level of awareness of the existence of the Federal Employees’ Compensation program and knowledge of the specific health care benefits associated with Peace Corps service that are available under the program. The level of awareness of the application requirements of the program, including eligibility requirements and the documentation that the Department of Labor requires before making a decision regarding benefits under the program. The level of satisfaction with the program, including the timeliness of processing applications and providing reimbursement for health and other benefits. The average time taken by the Secretary of Labor— to review and to approve or deny an application for benefits under the program; and to provide a reimbursement for submitted medical claims. The ability to access medical providers using the benefits provided by the program. The collection of data for purposes of a report submitted under paragraph
(1)is not subject to the requirements of subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Paperwork Reduction Act ). In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.