United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-09-08 monographic deposited born digital 24 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-1092T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1092T P0b002ee18038aad3 f:d061092t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1092T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1092T GAO-06-1092T Appropriated funds First responders Health care programs Health hazards Health research programs Locally administered programs Medical examinations Mental health Monitoring Performance measures State-administered programs FDNY WTC Medical Monitoring Program HHS WTC Federal Responder Screening Program Testimony A60492 Responders to the World Trade Center (WTC) attack--individuals involved in rescue, recovery, or cleanup--included New York City Fire Department (FDNY) personnel, federal government workers, and others from New York and elsewhere. They were exposed to numerous hazards, and concerns remain about the long-term effects on their physical and mental health. In February 2006, GAO testified that four of the five key federally funded programs that were monitoring health effects in responders had made progress but that the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) WTC Federal Responder Screening Program, implemented by the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness (OPHEP), lagged behind (GAO-06-481T). GAO also reported that the Congress appropriated $75 million in December 2005 to HHS's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for monitoring and treatment for responders and that CDC was deciding how to allocate the funds. This statement updates GAO's February 2006 testimony. GAO examined (1) progress made by HHS's WTC federal responder program and (2) actions CDC has taken to award the $75 million appropriated. GAO reviewed program documents and interviewed HHS officials and others involved in WTC monitoring and treatment programs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1092T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1092T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1092T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1092T.pdf GAO-06-1092T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-1092T Testimony GAO-06-1092T; September 11: HHS Has Screened Additional Federal Responders for World Trade Center Health Effects, but Plans for Awarding Funds for Treatment Are Incomplete; Appropriated funds First responders Health care programs Health hazards Health research programs Locally administered programs Medical examinations Mental health Monitoring Performance measures State-administered programs FDNY WTC Medical Monitoring Program HHS WTC Federal Responder Screening Program Volume 88 Page 143 88 Stat. 143 Volume 115 Page 220-221 Volume 115 Page 2230 115 Stat. 220-221 115 Stat. 2230 Volume 116 Page 820 116 Stat. 820 Volume 117 Page 11 117 Stat. 11 Volume 119 Page 2680 119 Stat. 2680 Public Law 93-288 Public Law 107-38 Public Law 107-117 Public Law 107-206 Public Law 108-7 Public Law 109-148