black lung program

• Byrd Voted for Changes He Wants Undone: ; Senator Says Situation has Changed in Black Lung Program Since 1981

D dailymail.com See a copy of the 1981 Congressional Record Sen. Robert Byrd voted in 1981 for changes in the black lung benefits program that he now wants undone with his amendment to the just-passed health care bill.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• March 25, 2010

• Removal of Regulations on Black Lung Benefits

This final rule removes regulations on the Black Lung program from the Social Security Administration's (SSA) chapter of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The Black Lung Consolidation of Administrative Responsibility Act transferred the responsibility for administering Part B of the Black Lung benefits program from SSA to the Department of Labor (DOL), and we are removing the regulations in recognition of the fact that we are no longer responsible for administering any aspect of the Part B Black Lung program. DOL concurs with this final rule removing the regulations.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 19079, March 30, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• Social Security Administration

• 30 USC 943 - Sec. 943. Black lung insurance program

• US Code - Title 30: Mineral Lands and Mining

• 20 CFR 422.512 - Applications and related forms used in the black lung benefits program.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 20: Employees' Benefits

• Dead Canaries: The Struggle of Appalachian Coal Miners to Get Black Lung Benefits

Introduction II. The Life Of A Miner A. A Brief History B. Coal Towns C. Swallowed by the Earth D. Dead Canaries III. Injustice And Inadequate Compensation A. The Peabody Coal Case B. The Black Lung Compensation Program IV. What This Means For Southern West Virginia V. Conclusion

• The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice
• Nbr. 6-1, July 2002

• Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Black Lung Clinics Program,

• FR, May 09, 2003
• Notices
• Health Resources and Services Administration

• Socialized Medicine? Bring It On

Referring to your July 24 article, "Virginia speaking up in health care debate," Chip Tarbutton is failing to disclose the fact that we already have socialized medicine in this country. Medicare, Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Medical Center system, Virginia's behavioral health facilities, Tricare, Indian Health Service, the national black lung program and others are all government-run health care programs.

• Roanoke Times & World News
• August 05, 2009

• Specifications for Medical Examinations of Underground Coal Miners

With this notice of proposed rulemaking, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposes to modify its regulations on . Existing regulations establish specifications for providing, interpreting, classifying, and submitting film-based roentgenograms (now commonly called chest radiographs or X-rays) of underground coal miners for the surveillance of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (black lung) under the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program, administered by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The current standards specify requirements that permit the use of film- based radiography systems only; proposed amendments would retain those standards (with minor modifications that reflect ...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 1360, January 09, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Health and Human Services Department

• Changes Threaten Black Lung Fund: ; Byrd's Modifications May Cost $50 Million to $100 Million

Changes in the federal black lung program orchestrated by Sen. Robert Byrd could cost the state's Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis Fund $50 million to $100 million, according to a consultant's analysis. State Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline said, "We're going to have to monitor the balance in that fund as we move forward.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• March 24, 2010

• Report: Miners Struggle for Black Lung Benefits

Coal miners face significant legal and financial barriers when seeking benefits under a federal program designed to help those suffering from black lung, according to a government report released Oct. 30.

• State Journal, The
• November 20, 2009