[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR30.0]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 30_CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL 
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  30.0  What are the provisions of EEOICPA, in general?

                              Introduction


    Part B of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act of 2000, as amended (EEOICPA or Act), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et 
seq., provides for the payment of compensation benefits to covered Part 
B employees and, where applicable, survivors of such employees, of the 
United States Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies and 
certain of its contractors and subcontractors. Part B also provides for 
the payment of supplemental compensation benefits to other covered Part 
B employees who have already been found eligible for benefits under 
section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, as amended (RECA), 
42 U.S.C. 2210 note, and where applicable, survivors of such persons. 
Part E of the Act provides for the payment of compensation benefits to 
covered Part E employees and, where applicable, survivors of such 
employees. The regulations in this part describe the rules governing 
filing, processing, and paying claims for benefits under both Part B and 
Part E of EEOICPA.
    (a) Part B of EEOICPA provides for the payment of either lump-sum 
monetary compensation for the disability of a covered Part B employee 
due to an occupational illness or for monitoring for beryllium 
sensitivity, as well as for medical and related benefits for such 
illness. Part B also provides for the payment of monetary compensation 
for the disability of a covered Part B employee to specified survivors 
if the employee is deceased at the time of payment.
    (b) Part E of EEOICPA provides for the payment of monetary 
compensation for the established wage-loss and/or impairment of a 
covered Part E employee due to a covered illness, and for medical and 
related benefits for such covered illness. Part E also provides for

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the payment of monetary compensation for the death (and established 
wage-loss, where applicable) of a covered Part E employee to specified 
survivors if the covered Part E employee is deceased at the time of 
payment.
    (c) All types of benefits and conditions of eligibility listed in 
this section are subject to the provisions of EEOICPA and this part.