An educational clinic from the St. George Regional Hospital is making more stops in different cities across Utah, now that the U.S. Congress expanded the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, also known as RECA — and more people in the state are eligible for indemnification.

Intermountain Health’s Downwinders Clinic will visit St. George , Nephi, Salt Lake City and Manti to host public informational meetings this month.

“These meetings are to inform the public about the reinstatement and expansion of the RECA program and what areas now qualify,” Intermountain Health emphasized in a news release.

Applications will be available at the sessions for those who have asked for one but have not yet received it.

In the updated RECA reauthorization, lawmakers increased the compensation amount f

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