Sec. 4. Health care 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 to read as follows: Volunteers shall receive such health care (including, if necessary, for volunteers and trainees, services under section 8B of this title) during their service. Applicants for enrollment shall receive such health examinations preparatory to their service, applicants for enrollment who have accepted an invitation to begin a period of training under section 8A of this title shall receive, preparatory to their service, such immunization, dental care, and information on prescription options and potential interactions, as necessary and appropriate and in accordance with subsection (f).
Returned volunteers shall receive such health examinations within six months after termination of their service, including services provided in accordance with section 8B of this title (except that the six-month limitation shall not apply in the case of such services), as the President may deem necessary or appropriate. Subject to such conditions as the President may prescribe, such health care may be provided in any facility of any agency of the United States Government, and in such cases the appropriation for maintaining and operating such facility shall be reimbursed from appropriations available under this chapter.
Health care may not be provided under this subsection in a manner inconsistent with the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997. Returned volunteers shall receive— three months of health care upon their return to the United States; and an opportunity to extend for an additional 3 months such health care, at the expense of such volunteer. Not later than 30 days before the date on which the period of service of a volunteer or trainee terminates, the Director of the Peace Corps, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall provide general guidance to such volunteer or trainee on options for health care after termination other than health care provided by the Peace Corps, including information regarding— the application process and eligibility requirements for medical assistance through State plans under title XIX of the Social Security Act (or waiver of State plans); 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 the enrollment periods for enrolling in such plans; and if such volunteer or trainee is 25 years of age or younger, the eligibility of such volunteer or trainee to enroll as a dependent child in a group health plan or health insurance coverage in which the parent of such volunteer or trainee is enrolled if such plan or coverage offers such dependent coverage.
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(5)shall apply to volunteers and trainees whose periods of service were subject to early termination as a result of an emergency or otherwise through no fault of the volunteer or trainee. .
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