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Notice of Revision of Guidelines on Non-Radiogenic Cancers
February 7, 2012
In a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on March 21, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) as a radiogenic cancer under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) (76 FR 15268). On February 6, 2012, the final rule was published. Under the final rule, CLL will now be treated as being potentially caused by radiation and as potentially compensable under EEOICPA. This reverses the earlier decision by HHS to exclude this cancer from consideration. This change will become effective on March 7, 2012.
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Guidelines for Determining Probability of Causation Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Revision of Guidelines on Non-Radiogenic Cancers pdf icon[270 KB (8 pages)
March 21, 2011 - Final Rule: Guidelines for Determining Probability of Causation Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (The Act); Revision of Guidelines on Non-Radiogenic Cancers pdf icon[145 KB (4 pages)
February 6, 2012
Please Note: The Final Rule does not add CLL to the list of “specified cancers” or qualifying cancers for the Special Exposure Cohort.