Effective July 31, 2001, the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation

Effective July 31, 2001, the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP) started providing benefits to eligible employees and former employees of the Department of Energy, its contractors and subcontractors, or to certain survivors of such individuals, and to certain beneficiaries of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Which is responsible for adjudicating and administering claims filed by employees, former employees, or certain qualified survivors?

A) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
B) Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation
C) State Insurance Fund (or State Compensation Fund)
D) Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)