Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act

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.

Energy employees occupational illness compensation program act.

Establishment of energy employees occupational illness compensation program. The sec allows eligible claimants to be compensated without the completion of a niosh radiation dose reconstruction or determination of the probability of causation. A basic overview of the energy employees occupational illness compensation program. Eeoicpa was signed into law by president bill clinton on october 30 2000.

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. Department of labor dol administers the eeoicpa program. The energy employees occupational illness compensation program act established a special exposure cohort sec for certain classes of employees. Department of labor division of energy employees occupational illness compensation.

This title may be cited as the energy employees occupational illness compensation program act of 2000 7384d. For information on how to submit an eeoicpa claim please go to. The energy employees occupational illness compensation program act of 2000 the act or eeoicpa. 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 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. 106 398 3601 provided that. 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.