What role does the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have in the SEC petitioning process?
• Make the final recommended decision as to whether to add or deny adding a class to the SEC after considering recommendations provided by NIOSH, the Board, and from the HHS administrative review, if applicable • Develop and send a report of the final recommended decision to the petitioners, including a description of the relevant criteria and a summary of the information and findings that the decision is based upon • Provide Congress with a report giving the final recommended decision, the definition of the class of employees covered by the decision, and the criteria and findings upon which the decision was based for classes to be added to the SEC Top of Page
