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FOR INCLUSION I N MINUTES OF ACBM MEETING Mr. Charles F. Eason, Chairman of the Task Force on Federal - State Cooperation i n Workmen's Compensation for Radiation Injury,described for the Committee the Commission's activities inthe workmen's compensation field since the November meeting of the Committee. the background that led to the 1959 hearings conducted by the JCAE on "Employee Radiation Hazards and Workmen's Compensation"; the work of the Council of State Governments i n developing state legislative language t o encompass the workmen's compensation standards suggested inthe summary analysis of the JCAE hearings. In addition, he referred briefly to the report by Professor David B. Johnson of the University of Wisconsin on " Federal - State Cooperation i n Improvement of Workmen's Compensation University Law Center-on "The Incidence, Nature and Adjudication of Workmen's Compensation Claims Involving Radiation Exposure and Delayed Injury"; and the report of Woodward and Fond iller, Inc., on "Report on Ionizing Radiation Record Keeping"; the workmen's compensation workshop sponsored by the Department of Labor and the AEC in January 1965; the recommendations of program as adopted O R October 18, 1965. state cooperation inthe review by the state of its workmen's compensation laws as they apply to radiation injury ; the furnishing to the Commission of reports on radiation - related medical treatment or lost - time reports made t o the state by employers, radiation - related compensation claims filed by employees with state workmen's compensation authorities, and the analysis by the state of adjudicated and / o r approved settlements of compensation claims alleging radiation injury. He summarized briefly This program calls for federal - Mr. Eason advised that the program was officially announced on December 6 , 1965, and to date some 22 states have indicated general agreement with the objectives.He indicated that much remains t o be done, including the holding of seminars to discuss the program the advice of representative groups on a proposed employer - state - federal more fully and seeking Dr.William T, Doran, Chairman of the Inter agency Committee on Records and Reports Systems for Occupational Experience with Ionizing Radiation, described th.e Cormnittee's recommendations. The system proposed would be an employer - state - federal reco5d system which would include State audit and experts ' review and analyses functions. It was pointed out that the system was so designed that it could be extended - to include other toxic and physical agents involved in multi - causality, low-dosage accumulated exposure long delayed results and not confined only to radiation. tee 8n Biology and Medicine endorsed the outlined public discussion and advised that the Records System artie s for review before a final program i s