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 2020-01-30 · Effective 2020-01-30 · 85 FR 5330
Document
Document number
2020-00636
Federal Register citation
85 FR 5330
CFR reference
42 CFR 81
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Health and Human Services
Publication date
2020-01-30
Effective date
2020-01-30
HHS docket
Docket Number CDC-2019-0050
Abstract
In August 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published an interim final rule to revise 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to update references to the International Classification of Disease (ICD) codes from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM, and remove outdated references to chronic lymphocytic leukemia from Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program regulations.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 the rulemaking finalized in this document.