Business · 18/05/20101 min read

HHS Announces Final Effect of Designation of Nevada Test Site Employees for Special Exposure Cohort

The US Department of Health and Human Services has made a final decision regarding the addition of a class of employees from the Nevada Test Site to the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, a law enacted in 2000 to provide compensation to workers exposed to hazardous materials in the nuclear industry.