United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Public Health Service Corps. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019 2. Amendments (a) Commissioned corps and ready reserve corps Section 203 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 204 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking a Ready Reserve Corps for service in time of national emergency , for service in time of a public health or national emergency, a Ready Reserve Corps (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in the heading, by striking research Reserve Corps (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting during public health or national emergencies (C) in paragraph (2)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting , consistent with paragraph (1) shall (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting during such emergencies members (iii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting , consistent with subparagraph (C) (D) by adding at the end the following: (3) Statutory references to reserve A reference in any Federal statute, except in the case of subsection (b), to the Reserve Corps reserve . (b) Deployment readiness Section 203A(a)(1)(B) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 204a(a)(1)(B) Active Reserves Ready Reserve Corps (c) Retirement of commissioned officers Section 211 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 212 (1) by striking (in the case of an officer in the Reserve Corps) (2) by striking the Service the Regular Corps (3) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking or an officer of the Reserve Corps (ii) by inserting or under section 221(a)(19) subsection (a) (B) in paragraph (2), by striking Regular or Reserve Corps Regular Corps or Ready Reserve Corps (4) in subsection (f), by striking the Regular or Reserve Corps of (d) Rights, privileges, etc. of officers and surviving beneficiaries Section 221 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 213a (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: (19) Chapter 1223, Retired Pay for Non-Regular Service. (20) Section 12601, Compensation: Reserve on active duty accepting from any person. (21) Section 12684, Reserves: separation for absence without authority or sentence to imprisonment. ; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or his designee Secretary of Health and Human Services or the designee of such secretary (B) by striking (b) The authority vested (b) (1) The authority vested ; (C) by striking For purposes of (2) For purposes of ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (3) For purposes of paragraph (19) of subsection (a), the terms Military department Secretary concerned Armed forces . (e) Technical amendments Title II of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 202 (1) in sections 204, 207(c), and 208(a), by striking Regular or Reserve Corps Regular Corps or Ready Reserve Corps (2) in section 205(c), 206(c), 210, and 219, and in subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 207, by striking Reserve Corps Ready Reserve Corps

Summary: United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019 This bill allows for the deployment of the Ready Reserve Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (Commissioned Corps) to serve in public health emergencies. Certain provisions related to compensation and leave without authority that apply to the Armed Forces shall also apply to officers of the Commissioned Corps or their beneficiaries.