PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO RADIATION RELEASED FROM HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION

SEC. 3138. PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO RADIATION RELEASED FROM HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION (a) Funding.— Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy under this title, the Secretary of Energy shall make available $3,000,000 to the State of Washington, $1,000,000 to the State of Oregon, and $1,000,000 to the State of Idaho. Such funds shall be used to develop and implement programs for the benefit of persons who may have been exposed to radiation released from the Department of Energy Hanford Nuclear Reservation (Richland, Washington) between the years 1944 and 1972. (b) Programs.— The programs to be developed by the States may include only the following activities: (1) Preparing and distributing information on the health effects of radiation to health care professionals, and to persons who may have been exposed to radiation. (2) Developing and implementing mechanisms for referring persons who may have been exposed to radiation to health care professionals with expertise in the health effects of radiation. (3) Evaluating and, if feasible, implementing, registration and monitoring of persons who may have been exposed to radiation released from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. (c) Plan and Reports.— (1) The States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho shall jointly develop a single plan for implementing this section. (2) Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, such States shall submit to the Secretary of Energy and the Congress a copy of the plan developed under paragraph (1). (3) Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, such States shall submit to the Secretary of Energy and the Congress a single report on the implementation of the plan developed under paragraph (1). (4) In developing and implementing the plan, such States shall consult with persons carrying out current radiation dose and epidemiological research programs (including the Hanford Thyroid104 STAT. 1835 Disease Study of the Centers for Disease Control and the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project of the Department of Energy), and may not cause substantial damage to such research programs.