World Trade Center Health Program; Amendments to List of WTC-Related Health Conditions; Cancer; Revision
ACTION
Interim Final Rule.
SUMMARY
On September 12, 2012, the Administrator of the WTC Health Program (Administrator) published a final rule in the Federal Register adding certain types of cancer to the List of World Trade Center (WTC)-Related Health Conditions (List) in the WTC Health Program regulations; an additional final rule was published on September 19, 2013 adding prostate cancer to the List. Through the process of implementing the addition of cancers to the List and integrating cancer coverage into the WTC Health Program, the Administrator has identified the need to amend the rule to remove the ICD codes and specific cancer sub-sites, clarify the definition of “childhood cancers,” revise the definition of “rare cancers,” …