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DOL/OWCP

RIN: 1240-AA10

Publication ID: Fall 2014

Title: Black Lung Benefits Act: Medical Evidence and Benefit Payments
Abstract: OWCP is engaging in this rulemaking to address a variety of programmatic issues that have arisen in administering the Black Lung Benefits Act. Among them, the current rules do not address whether the parties must disclose medical evidence they develop in connection with a claim for benefits and generally provide that payment for medical treatment and services is capped at the rate prevailing in the community where the service provider is located but provide no method for determining that rate. To ensure that coal miners have full access to information about their health and to enhance the accuracy of entitlement determinations, this rule would address disclosure of medical evidence. It would also amend rules governing payment of medical treatment and services to incorporate the fee schedule used in other OWCP-administered programs, and address a liable party's responsibility to pay benefits under an effective award while pursuing modification.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 725
Legal Authority: 30 USC 923(b) 30 USC 932(a) 30 USC 936

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	01/00/2015

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Michael Chance Director, Division of Coal Mine Workers’ Compensation Department of Labor Office of Workers' Compensation Programs 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room C-3520, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:800 347-2502 Fax:202 693-1395 Email: chance.michael@dol.gov