Outline for Preparation of Plan for Health Care of Ae Ee i ee eee 7 ; People of Marshalls Exposed to Radiation from U.S. Nuclear Testing Program I. Introduction P.L. 96-205,2 approved by President Carter on March 12, 1980, requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the people of the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utirik, and for the people of such other atolls as may be found to have been exposed to radiation from the U.S. nuclear testing program, a program of medical care and treatment and environmental research and monitoring for any injury, illness, or condition that may be the result directly or indirectly of such nuclear testing program. The law stipulates that the program shall be implemented ccording to a plan developed by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, and Health, Education, and Welfare” and with the direct involvement of representatives from the people of each of the affected atolls and from the Government of the Marshall Islands. to the situation, The plan shall set forth, condition, as appropriate and needs of the individual atoll peoples: "(1) an integrated, comprehensive health care program including primary, secondary, and tertiary care with special emphasis upon the biological effects of ionizing radiation; "(2) a schedule for the periodic comprehensive survey and analysis of the radiological status of the atolls to and at appropriate intervals, but not less thanonce every five years, the development of an update: radiation dose assessment, together with an estimate of the risks associated with the predicted human exposure, for each such atoll; t Section 102 of P.L. and 96-205 attached as Appendix Now Health and Human Services. "A".