Asbestos-Related Disease Screening Act - Requires the Secretary of Labor to make contracts and grants to reimburse public and private organizations for the reasonable cost of providing screening for asbestos-related diseases to individuals employed in occupations involving exposure to asbestos to a degree which carries with it a significant risk of developing an asbestos-related disease.
Requires the Secretary to provide for a program under which any individual at risk is reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in the individual's screening.
Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1981 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Requires the Secretary to periodically report to Congress concerning this Act.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
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