§300mm–1 WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee; WTC Health Program Steering Committees

Summary

Creates a Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee for the WTC Health Program. The Administrator must put the group together to review medical and scientific evidence and to advise on who should be eligible and what health conditions are related to the WTC. The committee must include at least 4 occupational physicians (at least 2 who treated WTC rescue and recovery workers), 1 pulmonary physician, 2 environmental medicine/health specialists, 2 responder representatives, 2 certified-eligible survivor representatives, 1 industrial hygienist, 1 toxicologist, 1 epidemiologist, and 1 mental health professional. The committee meets as needed, must post its recommendations on the Program’s public website, continues while the Program exists, and is subject to Chapter 10 of title 5 unless another rule applies. The Administrator must also consult two steering committees: one for Responders and one for Survivors. The Responders Steering Committee helps coordinate monitoring and treatment for enrolled responders under subpart 1 of part B. It includes Centers of Excellence serving responders, labor groups for firefighters, police, other NYC employees and cleanup workers who responded to September 11, 2001, and three New York City appointees (one chosen by the police commissioner, one by the health commissioner, and one by the mayor). It begins with members of the prior Steering Committee as of the day before January 2, 2011. The Survivors Steering Committee helps coordinate evaluations, monitoring, and treatment for screening-eligible and certified-eligible survivors under subpart 2 of part B, and includes Centers of Excellence, affected residents/students/workers, survivors and their advocates, and New York City; it begins with members as of the day before January 2, 2011. Each steering committee can recommend extra members by majority vote, and the committee fills its own vacancies by recommendation.