Sec. 2. Health insurance continuation for Peace Corps volunteers
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Section 5(e) of the Peace Corps Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2504(e) ) is amended— by striking Volunteers shall receive such health care and inserting the following: Volunteers shall receive such health care ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: Volunteers whose periods of service were subject to early termination as a result of the COVID–19 public health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ), and applicants for enrollment described in section 8(a) whose training prior to enrollment was subject to early termination as a result of such public health emergency, shall receive— 2 months of health insurance upon their return to the United States; and an opportunity to extend such health insurance, at the expense of such volunteer or applicant for enrollment, until the last day of the last week for which such volunteer or applicant for enrollment is eligible for payments under section 2102 of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ).
Not later than 30 days prior to the date on which the period of service of a volunteer shall terminate, the Director of the Peace Corps, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall provide general guidance to such volunteer on options for health care after termination other than health care provided by the Peace Corps, including— on the application process and eligibility requirements for medical assistance under State plans under title XIX of the Social Security Act (or waivers of State plans); on the qualified health plans (as defined in section 1301(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18021(a) )) offered through an Exchange established under title I of such Act, including on the enrollment periods for enrolling in such plans; and in the case such volunteer is 25 years of age or younger, that such volunteer may be eligible to enroll as a dependent child in a group health plan or health insurance coverage in which the parent of such volunteer is enrolled if such plan or coverage offers such dependent coverage. .
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Health insurance continuation for Peace Corps volunteers
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