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.

Energy employees occupational illness compensation program act.

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. For information on how to submit an eeoicpa claim please go to. 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. 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.

The energy employees occupational illness compensation program act eeoicpa was enacted to provide compensation and medical benefits to employees who worked at certain department of energy doe facilities including contractors and subcontractors at those locations and certain of its vendors. Doe s role is to provide requested record information to dol. Eeoicpa was signed into law by president bill clinton on october 30 2000. Department of labor division of energy employees occupational illness compensation.

Department of labor dol administers the eeoicpa program. 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.

The sec allows eligible claimants to be compensated without the completion of a niosh radiation dose reconstruction or determination of the probability of causation. This title may be cited as the energy employees occupational illness compensation program act of 2000 7384d. The energy employees occupational illness compensation program act of 2000 the act or eeoicpa.