Sec. 101. Peace Corps volunteer medical care reform
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The Peace Corps Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 5 ( 22 U.S.C. 2504 ) the following: In selecting medical officers and support staff for overseas Peace Corps posts, the Director shall strive to hire well-qualified and capable personnel to support the effectiveness of health care for Peace Corps volunteers by evaluating each candidate’s— medical training, experience, and accreditations or other qualifications; record of performance; administrative capabilities; understanding of the local language and culture; ability to work in the English language; interpersonal skills; and such other factors that the Director considers to be appropriate.
The Director, acting through the Associate Director of the Office of Health Services and the country directors, shall review and evaluate the performance and health care delivery of all Peace Corps medical staff, including medical officers— to ensure compliance with all relevant Peace Corps policies, practices, and guidelines; and to ensure that medical staff complete the necessary continuing medical education to maintain their skills and satisfy licensing and credentialing standards, as designated by the Director.
The Director shall include, in the annual Peace Corps congressional budget justification, a confirmation that the review and evaluation of all Peace Corps medical staff required under paragraph
(1)has been completed. The Director shall consult with experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding recommendations for prescribing malaria prophylaxis, in order to provide the best standard of care within the context of the Peace Corps environment. . As promptly as practicable, the Director shall implement the actions outlined in the agency response for all open recommendations of the Inspector General of the Peace Corps set forth in the report entitled Final Program Evaluation Report: OIG Follow-up Evaluation of Issues Identified in the 2010 Peace Corps/Morocco Assessment of Medical Care (Report No. IG–16–01–E). Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the Director’s strategy for implementing the recommendations referred to in paragraph (1). Not later than 6 months after the submission of the report required under subparagraph (A), and semiannually thereafter, the Director shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the progress in implementing the recommendations referred to in paragraph
(1)until all such recommendations have been implemented in accordance with the agency’s response to the report referred to in such paragraph. After the submission of each report required under paragraph (2), the Inspector General of the Peace Corps may notify the appropriate congressional committees of any recommendations from the report referred to in paragraph
(1)that the Inspector General determines remain unresolved.
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