From the Health Care Bill - SEC. 430. ESTABLISHING A READY RESERVE CORPS.

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SEC. 430. ESTABLISHING A READY RESERVE CORPS.

Section 20 3 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 20 4) is amended to read as follows:

SEC. 20 3. COMMISSIONED CORPS AND READY RESERVE CORPS.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Service a commissioned
Regular Corps and a Ready Reserve Corps for service in time of national emergency.

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(2) REQUIREMENT.—All commissioned officers shall be citizens of the
United States and shall be appointed without regard to the civil-service
laws and compensated without regard to the Classification

Act of 1923, as amended.

(3) APPOINTMENT.—Commissioned officers of the Ready Reserve Corps shall
be appointed by the President and commissioned officers of the Regular
Corps shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of
the Senate.

(4) ACTIVE DUTY.—Commissioned officers of the Ready Reserve Corps shall
at all times be subject to call to active duty by the Surgeon General,
including active duty for the purpose of training.

(5) WARRANT OFFICERS.—Warrant officers may be appointed to the Service
for the purpose of providing support to the health and delivery systems
maintained
by the Service and any warrant officer appointed to the Service shall
be considered for purposes of this Act and title 37, United States Code,
to be a commissioned officer
within the Commissioned Corps of the Service.

(b) ASSIMILATING RESERVE CORP OFFICERS INTO THE REGULAR CORPS.—Effective
on the date of enactment of the Affordable Health Choices Act, all
individuals classified as officers in the Reserve Corps under this
section (as such section existed on the day before the date of enactment
of such Act) and serving on active duty shall be deemed to be
commissioned officers of the Regular Corps.

(c) PURPOSE AND USE OF READY RESERVE.—

(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Ready Reserve Corps is to fulfill the
need to have additional Commissioned Corps personnel available on short
notice (similar to the uniformed service’s
reserve program) to assist regular Commissioned Corps personnel to meet
both routine public health and emergency response missions.

(2) USES.—The Ready Reserve Corps shall—

(A) participate in routine training to meet the general and
specific needs of the Commissioned Corps;

(B) be available and ready for involuntary calls to active duty
during national emergencies and public health crises, similar to the uniformed service reserve personnel;

(C) be available for backfilling critical positions left vacant
during deployment of active duty Commissioned Corps members, as well as
for deployment to respond to public health emergencies, both foreign and
domestic; and

(D) be available for service assignment in isolated, hardship, and
medically underserved communities (as defined in section 399SS)
to improve access to health services.

(d) FUNDING.—For the purpose of carrying out the duties and
responsibilities of the Commissioned Corps under this section, there are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the
Office of the Surgeon General for each of fiscal years 2010 through
2014. Funds appropriated under this subsection shall be used for
recruitment and training of Commissioned Corps Officers.

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