Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act

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Energy employees occupational illness compensation program act.

7384 et seq pdf icon 207 kb 35 pages provides compensation and medical benefits to eligible workers or certain survivors if the worker is deceased for illnesses related to exposure to radiation or other toxic substances while employed at department of energy doe its contractor. The energy employees occupational illness compensation program act eeoicpa was created to compensate workers who have become ill as a result of being exposed to radioactive materials during their employment with the department of energy doe. The energy employees occupational illness compensation program act eeoicpa was enacted in october 2000. Establishment of energy employees occupational illness compensation program.

The energy employees occupational illness compensation program act established a special exposure cohort sec for certain classes of employees. Eeoicpa was signed into law by president bill clinton on october 30 2000. This title may be cited as the energy employees occupational illness compensation program act of 2000 7384d. Department of labor division of energy employees occupational illness compensation.

This pamphlet is developed by the department of energy doe as an outreach and awareness tool to assist former and current doe federal contractor and subcontractor employees to become familiar with and utilize the services and benefits authorized under the energy employees occupational illness. A basic overview of the energy employees occupational illness compensation program. For information on how to submit an eeoicpa claim please go to. Part b of the eeoicpa effective on july 31 2001 compensates current or former employees or their survivors of the department of energy doe its predecessor agencies and certain of its vendors contractors and subcontractors who were diagnosed with a radiogenic.

The sec allows eligible claimants to be compensated without the completion of a niosh radiation dose reconstruction or determination of the probability of causation. The energy employees occupational illness compensation program act eeoicpa was passed by congress in 2000 and is designed to compensate individuals who worked in nuclear weapons production and as a result of occupational exposures contracted certain illnesses. The energy employees occupational illness compensation program act of 2000 the act or eeoicpa.