; and (2) in the fourth sentence, by striking or color. and inserting color, or status as a refugee, asylee, or other lawfully admitted alien. . (c) Regularity of payments of monthly stipends The Director of the Peace Corps shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that Peace Corps volunteers receive stipends on a regular and predictable basis (and, to the maximum extent practicable, on the same numerical day of each month), including in the event of a temporary partial or complete government shutdown. (d) Extended health care (1) 1-year eligibility for health benefits Subchapter VIII of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 1789A. Former Peace Corps volunteers During the one-year period beginning on the day after the final day of the service of a Peace Corps volunteer, the Secretary shall provide such former volunteer such hospital care or medical services as the former volunteer may elect to receive at a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The cost of any care or services furnished under this section to such former volunteer shall be reimbursed at such rates as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the Director of the Peace Corps, based on the cost of the care or service furnished and in accordance with health care otherwise provided to volunteers under section 5(e) of the Peace Corps Act. . (2) Conforming amendments Section 5(e) of the Peace Corps Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2504(e) ) is amended— (A) by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: Former volunteers shall also be entitled to such hospital care and medical services as may be provided in accordance with section 1789A of title 38, United States Code.