Program Laws

James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act (2010), Reauthorization Act (2015), and Related Legislation

2010

On January 2, 2011, President Obama signed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 into law (Public Law 111-347). Title I of the Zadroga Act amended the Public Health Service Act to establish the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program within the Department of Health and Human Services to provide medical monitoring and treatment benefits to eligible firefighters and related personnel, law enforcement officers, and rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania (responders).

Title I of the Zadroga Act also established benefits for eligible persons who were present in the dust or dust cloud on September 11, 2001 or who worked, resided, or attended school, childcare, or adult daycare in the New York City Disaster Area (survivors).

James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010

2015

On December 18, 2015, President Obama signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113) which includes the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act. Public Law 114-113 amended Title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act at 42 U.S.C. §§ 300mm – 300mm-61 to reauthorize the WTC Health Program for 75 years, ending in 2090.

James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2015

2019

On September 27, 2019, President Trump signed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-59) which included language amending Title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act at 42 U.S.C. §§ 3311(a)(4)(A) and §§ 3321(a)(3)(A) to raise the numerical limits on enrollment of 9/11 responders and survivors in the WTC Health Program.

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019