Office of Worker Screening and Compensation Support
(Reports to the Office of Health and Safety)

Mission and Functions

Mission

The Office of Worker Screening and Compensation Support implements the Former Worker Medical Screening Program and supports the Department of Labor (DOL) in the implementation of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA).

Functions

• Manages and conducts medical screening initiatives for the approximately 600,000-person former workforce (employees, contractors, and subcontractors) who may be subject to significant health risks due to exposures they may have experienced while employed at DOE sites. Screening is provided through consortia of universities, unions, and a nationwide network of occupational health providers.

• Funds and coordinates records retrieval activities at all DOE sites to support the claims adjudication process for individual claims submitted by current and former DOE federal and contractor workers under EEOICPA. Records requests include requests from DOL for employment verification, claimants' work history, and possible exposures as well as requests from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for dose reconstruction support documentation.

• Funds and coordinates large scale records retrieval activities for all DOE sites to support DOL, NIOSH, and the Presidential Advisory Board's EEOICPA-related activities, including DOL site exposure matrix projects, the Advisory Board's research and evaluation of Special Exposure Cohort petitions, and technical reviews of NIOSH site profiles.

• Manages the "covered facilities database," a database of over 350 facilities whose employees are eligible for benefits under EEOICPA, and the "covered periods" during which employees would need to have worked in order to receive these benefits.