Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/698

 96 STAT. 2060 Report to Congress. Radioepidemiological tables, publication.

.t,-»J*

Update of tables.

PUBLIC LAW 97-414—JAN. 4, 1983

(4) prepare and transmit to the Congress within one year after the date of enactment of this Act a report with respect to the activities conducted in carrying out paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). (b)(l) Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall devise and publish radioepidemiological tables that estimate the likelihood that persons who have or have had any of the radiation related cancers and who have received specific doses prior to the onset of such disease developed cancer as a result of these doses. These tables shall show a probability of causation of developing each radiation related cancer associated with receipt of doses ranging from 1 millirad to 1,000 rads in terms of sex, age at time of exposure, time from exposure to the onset of the cancer in question, and such other categories as the Secretary, after consulting with appropriate scientific experts, determines to be relevant. Each probability of causation shall be calculated and displayed as a single percentage figure. (2) At the time the Secretary of Health and Human Services publishes the tables pursuant to paragraph (1), such Secretary shall also publish— .., (A) for the tables of each radiation related cancer, an evaluation which will assess the credibility, validity, and degree of certainty associated with such tables; and T (B) a compilation of the formulas that yielded the probabilities of causation listed in such tables. Such formulas shall be ,, published in such a manner and together with information individual who has or has had a radiation related cancer and has received any given dose. (3) The tables specified in paragraph (1) and the formulas specified in paragraph (2) shall be devised from the best available data that are most applicable to the United States, and shall be devised in accordance with the best available scientific procedures and expertise. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall update these tables and formulas every four years, or whenever he deems it necessary to insure that they continue to represent the best available scientific data and expertise. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT
 * necessary to determine the probability of causation of any

SEC. 8. (a) Section 207(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 209(a)(1)) is amended by inserting "psychology," after "pharmacy,". (b) Section 306(1)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 242k(l)(2)) is amended by striking out subparagraph (D) and redesignating subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), respectively. (c) Section 308(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 242m(d)) is amended (1) by inserting ", if an establishment or person supplying the information or described in it is identifiable," after "No information", and (2) by striking out "authorized by guidelines in effect under section 306(1)(2) or under regulations of the Secretary" and inserting in lieu thereof "such establishment or person has consented (as determined under regulations of the Secretary) to its use for such other purpose". (d) The first sentence of section 311(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 243(c)(2)) is amended by striking out "forty-five days" and inserting instead "six months". (e) Section 330(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 254c(d)(2)) is amended by inserting before "and the costs" the following: ", the costs of repay-

�