Sec. 101. Incentives for recruitment and retention
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Title I of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1611 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall establish a personnel and pay system for physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health care professionals employed by the Service that provides a personnel and pay system that, to the maximum extent practicable, is comparable to the pay provided to physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health care professionals, respectively, under subchapters III and IV of chapter 74 of title 38, United States Code.
The Secretary may provide to an employee of the Service reimbursement for any relocation costs the employee incurs if— the employee relocates to a Service area experiencing a high level of need for employees, as determined by the Secretary; and the employee is filling a position that would otherwise be difficult to fill, as determined by the Secretary, in the absence of an incentive. Subject to paragraph (2), not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2018 , the Secretary may establish a program to provide tenant-based rental assistance to an employee of the Service who— agrees to serve for not less than 1 year at a Service unit designated by the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration as a health professional shortage area, as defined in section 332(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254e(a) ), with the greatest staffing need; and is a critical employee, as determined by the Secretary.
Any program established by the Secretary under paragraph
(1)shall terminate on the date that is 3 years after the date on which any such program is established. The Secretary shall carry out subsection
(b)in accordance with any guidelines of the Office of Personnel Management relating to section 572 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2018 ). The Secretary may only provide reimbursement for any relocation costs under subsection
(b)or any other benefit under subsection
(c)to— a full-time employee who agrees to serve for not less than 1 year in the Service, beginning on the date of the agreement; or a part-time employee who agrees to serve for not less than 2 years in the service beginning on the date of the agreement. .
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