What is required before a class of employees can be added to the SEC?
• The class must petition to be added to the SEC; • HHS must obtain the advice of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health; • HHS must determine that: • it is not feasible to estimate the radiation dose that the class received with sufficient accuracy (in accordance with 42 CFR 83); and • there is a reasonable likelihood that such radiation dose may have endangered the health of members of the class; and • A recommended decision by HHS to add a class to the SEC must be submitted to Congress and take effect 30 days after HHS reports the designation to Congress, unless Congress otherwise provides.
• The class must petition to be added to the SEC; • HHS must obtain the advice of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health; • HHS must determine that: • it is not feasible to estimate the radiation dose that the class received with sufficient accuracy (in accordance with 42 CFR 83); and • there is a reasonable likelihood that the radiation dose may have endangered the health of members of the class; and • A recommended decision by HHS to add a class to the SEC must be submitted to Congress. Unless Congress takes action, the recommendation will take effect 30 days after it has been sent to Congress.
