Guidelines for Determining the Probability of Causation Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Technical Amendments
other · US Department of Health and Human Services · Rule · Published 2019-08-01 · Effective 2019-08-01 · 84 FR 37587
Document
Document number
2019-16347
Federal Register citation
84 FR 37587
CFR reference
42 CFR 81
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Health and Human Services
Publication date
2019-08-01
Effective date
2019-08-01
HHS docket
Docket Number CDC-2019-0050
Abstract
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is revising its regulations to update references to the International Classification of Disease (ICD) codes from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM, and remove outdated references to chronic lymphocytic leukemia from Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program regulations. These technical amendments have no effect on the cancer eligibility requirement under the Program because all cancer types are eligible to receive a dose reconstruction from NIOSH. Thus, no eligible claimant will be adversely impacted by this rulemaking.