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.
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 2023 , 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 the program is established. Not later than 1 year after the date on which a program established under paragraph
(1)is terminated in accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing, with respect to that program— the costs of the program; employee uptake of the program; and the effects of the program on local facility staffing needs. The Secretary may only provide a benefit under subsection
(b)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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