HHS Finalizes Designation of Sandia National Laboratories Employees for Special Exposure Cohort

Summary

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a notice regarding the final effect of its decision to add a class of employees from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. This designation is part of the SEC, which provides compensation to workers exposed to hazardous materials at nuclear facilities.