Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program RESEP

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Radiation Exposure Screening and Education
Program (RESEP)

• RESEP Grantee Meeting
• Vanessa Hooker, B.A.
• September 1, 2009
• U. S. Department of Health and Human
  Services
• Health Resources and Services
  Administration
• Office of Rural Health
  Policy

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AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION

• 1990 the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
  (RECA) was established to provide compensation to
  individuals diagnosed with radiogenic cancer and
  disease.
• 2000 the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
  (RECA) amended Subpart I of Part C, Title IV of
  the Public Health Service Act to add section
  417C.

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AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION (contd.)

• Section 417C established grants for Education,
  Prevention, and Early Detection of Radiogenic
  Cancers and Diseases.
• In 2002 HRSA developed and implemented the
  Radiation Exposure Screening and Education
  Program (RESEP).

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PURPOSE

• To assist individuals exposed to radiation
  through employment in the uranium mining industry
  or the testing of nuclear weapons.
• Identify, prevent, and receive compensation for
  illnesses that have resulted from these
  activities.

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Program Objectives

• Outreach (Dissemination of Public Information)
• Cancer Screening
• Education
• Referrals for Medical Treatment
• RECA Eligibility Counseling

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High Impact States

• The program awards grants to health care
  providers in the 12 states most affected by
  employment in the uranium mining industry or the
  testing of nuclear weapons.
• The grantees serve individuals exposed to
  radiation and help them establish eligibility for
  the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program.

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Target Population

• Uranium industry workers
• miners, millworkers and ore transporters)
• Downwinders
• Lived or worked near the Nevada Test Site during
  the atmospheric detonation of nuclear weapons
• On-site participants
• Participated onsite during atmospheric detonation
  of a nuclear test device

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Underground Uranium Mining

• Uranium Mine workers

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Program Information

• There are 7 RESEP Clinics in 5 states.
• (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah)
  
• North Country HealthCare University of Nevada
  School of Medicine
• Flagstaff, AZ Las Vegas, NV
• National Jewish Health Utah Navajo Health System
• Denver, CO Montezuma Creek, UT
• University of New Mexico Dixie Regional Medical
  Center
• Albuquerque, NM St. George, UT
• Northern Navajo Medical Center
• Shiprock, NM

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Utah Navajo Health Systems Montezuma Creek, UT
National Jewish Health, Denver, CO
Dixie Regional Medical Center St. George, UT
University of Nevada Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
North Country Health System Flagstaff, AZ
RESEP Centers
Northern Navajo Medical Center Shiprock, NM
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Program Activities

• Performance Improvement Management System (PIMS)
  Data Reporting
• Temporary transfer of CO grantee to National
  Jewish Health.
• Strengthening Collaborations with the Department
  of Labor

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Program Partners

• U.S. Department of Justice
• Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Program
• http//www.usdoj.gov/civil/torts/const/reca/index
  .htm
• U.S. Department of Labor
• RECA/EEOICPA for Uranium Workers
• http//www.dol.gov/esa/owcp/energy/index.htm

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RESEP Program Contact

• Vanessa Hooker
• RESEP Program Coordinator
• 301-594-5105
• vhooker_at_hrsa.gov
• Website http//ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/radiatione
  xposure/