20 CFR 725.531 - Receipt for payment.
Any individual receiving benefits under the Act in his or her own right, or as a representative payee, or as the duly appointed agent for the estate of a deceased beneficiary, shall execute receipts for benefits paid by any operator which shall be produced by such operator for inspection whenever the district director requires. A canceled check shall be considered adequate receipt of payment for purposes of this section. No operator or carrier shall be required to retain receipts for payments made for more than 5 years after the date on which such receipt was executed.
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The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 20 CFR Part 725 after this date.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-00614 RIN 1290-AA31 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Employment and Training Administration, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Wage and Hour Division Final rule. This final rule is effective on January 13, 2017. As provided by the Inflation Adjustment Act, the increased penalty levels apply to any penalties assessed after the effective date of this rule. 20 CFR Part 655 The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced in its regulations, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act). The Inflation Adjustment Act requires the Department to annually adjust its civil money penalty levels for inflation no later than January 15 of each year. The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that agencies shall adjust civil monetary penalties notwithstanding Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Additionally, the Inflation Adjustment Act provides a cost-of-living formula for adjustment of the civil penalties. Accordingly, this final rule sets forth the Department's 2017 annual adjustments for inflation to its civil monetary penalties, effective January 13, 2017.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-31382 RIN 1240-AA11 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments. The Department invites written comments on the proposed regulations from interested parties. Written comments must be received by March 6, 2017. 20 CFR Part 725 The Department is proposing revisions to regulations under the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA or Act) governing the payment of medical benefits. The Department is basing these rules on payment formulas that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) uses to determine payments under the Medicare program. The Department also intends to make the rules similar to those utilized in the other programs that the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers. These rules will determine the amounts payable for covered medical services and treatments provided to entitled miners, when those services or treatments are paid by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. In addition, the proposed rule would eliminate two obsolete provisions.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-15378 RIN 1290-AA31 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Office of the Secretary, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Employment and Training Administration, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Wage and Hour Division Interim final rule; request for comments. This interim final rule is effective August 1, 2016. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for applicability dates. Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on this interim final rule on or before August 15, 2016. 20 CFR Part 655 The U.S. Department of Labor is issuing this interim final rule to adjust the amounts of civil penalties assessed or enforced in its regulations. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act) requires agencies to adjust the levels of civil monetary penalties with an initial catch-up adjustment, followed by annual adjustments for inflation. The Department is required to calculate the catch-up and subsequent annual adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers. The Department must publish the interim final rule by July 1, 2016, and the new penalty levels are effective no later than August 1, 2016.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-11840 RIN 1240-AA10 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Final rule. This rule is effective May 26, 2016. 20 CFR Part 725 The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is making a technical amendment to its regulation on disclosure of medical information to reflect the Office of Management and Budget's approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501-20, of the information collection requirements contained in that regulation.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-09525 RIN 1240-AA10 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Final rule. This rule is effective May 26, 2016. 20 CFR Part 725 This final rule revises the regulations implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act to address certain procedural issues that have arisen in claim adjudications and other technical issues. To protect miners' health, assist parties without adequate legal representation, and enhance the accuracy of benefits entitlement decisions, the final rule includes a new provision that requires all parties to exchange with each other any medical information developed in connection with a claim for benefits and allows for the imposition of sanctions for failure to comply with the rule. The final rule also clarifies a liable coal mine operator's obligation to pay effective benefits awards by requiring payment before allowing the operator to challenge the award through the Act's modification procedures. In addition, the final rule resolves an ambiguity regarding how physicians' follow-up reports should be considered under the evidence-limiting rules, and allows the Department to fully participate in claims adjudications after the liable coal mine operator stops participating because of adverse financial developments, such as bankruptcy or insolvency.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2015-09573 RIN 1240-AA10 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments. The Department invites written comments on the proposed regulations from interested parties. Written comments must be received by June 29, 2015. 20 CFR Part 725 The Department is proposing revisions to the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA) regulations to address several procedural issues that have arisen in claims processing and adjudications. To protect a miner's health and promote accurate benefit determinations, the proposed rule would require parties to disclose all medical information developed in connection with a claim for benefits. The proposed rule also would clarify that a liable coal mine operator is obligated to pay benefits during post-award modification proceedings and that a supplemental report from a physician is considered merely a continuation of the physician's earlier report for purposes of the evidence-limiting rules.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-08636 RIN 1240-AA07 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Final rule. This rule is effective May 19, 2014. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of May 19, 2014. 20 CFR Parts 718 and 725 Physicians and adjudicators use chest radiographs (X-rays) as a tool in evaluating whether a coal miner suffers from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease). Accordingly, the Department's regulations implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act allow the submission of radiographs in connection with benefit claims and set out quality standards for administering and interpreting film-based chest radiographs. This final rule updates the Department's existing film-radiograph standards and provides parallel standards for digital radiographs. This rule also updates outdated terminology and removes certain obsolete provisions.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-23928 RIN 1240-AA04 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Final rule; correction. Effective October 25, 2013. 20 CFR Parts 718 and 725 The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is correcting the preamble to a final rule implementing amendments to the Black Lung Benefits Act that appeared in the Federal Register of September 25, 2013 (78 FR 59102). The preamble incorrectly stated that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget had reviewed the rule under Executive Order 12866. This document corrects that error and changes the contact information.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-22874 RIN 1240-AA04 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Final rule. This rule is effective October 25, 2013. 20 CFR Parts 718 and 725 This final rule revises the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA or Act) regulations to implement amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA amended the BLBA in two ways. First, it revived a rebuttable presumption of total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis for certain claims. Second, it reinstituted automatic entitlement to benefits for certain eligible survivors of coal miners whose lifetime benefit claims were awarded because they were totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis. These regulations clarify how the statutory presumption may be invoked and rebutted and the application and scope of the survivor-entitlement provision. The rule also eliminates several unnecessary or obsolete provisions.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-21029 RIN 1240-AA07 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Direct final rule; withdrawal. Effective August 30, 2013, the direct final rule published on June 13, 2013, (78 FR 35549) is withdrawn. 20 CFR Parts 718 and 725 The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) published a direct final rule in the Federal Register on June 13, 2013, updating existing film-radiograph standards and providing parallel standards for submission of digital radiographs in connection with claims filed under the Black Lung Benefits Act. The comment period closed on August 12, 2013. OWCP is withdrawing the direct final rule because the agency received significant adverse comment.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-13970 RIN 1240-AA07 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Direct final rule; request for comments. This direct final rule is effective September 11, 2013, without further action unless OWCP receives significant adverse comment to this rule by midnight Eastern Standard Time on August 12, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of September 11, 2013. If OWCP receives significant adverse comment, it will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register . 20 CFR Parts 718 and 725 Physicians and adjudicators use chest radiographs (X-rays) as a tool in evaluating whether a coal miner suffers from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease). Accordingly, the Department's regulations implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act allow the submission of radiographs in connection with benefit claims and set out quality standards for their performance. These standards are currently limited to film radiographs. In recent years, many medical facilities have phased out film radiography in favor of digital radiography. This direct final rule updates the existing film-radiograph standards and provides parallel standards for digital radiographs. This rule also updates outdated terminology and removes certain obsolete provisions.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-13971 RIN 1240-AA07 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments. Comments on this proposed rule must be received by midnight Eastern Standard Time on August 12, 2013. 20 CFR Parts 718 and 725 Physicians and adjudicators use chest radiographs (X-rays) as a tool in evaluating whether a coal miner suffers from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease). Accordingly, the Department's regulations implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act allow the submission of radiographs in connection with benefit claims and set out quality standards for their performance. These standards are currently limited to film radiographs. In recent years, many medical facilities have phased out film radiography in favor of digital radiography. This proposed rule would update the existing film-radiograph standards and provide parallel standards for digital radiographs. The proposed rule would also update outdated terminology and remove certain obsolete provisions.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-15029 RIN 1240-AA05 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Final rule. Effective June 21, 2012. 20 CFR Parts 701, 702, 703, 725, and 726 The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is making technical amendments to reflect the dissolution of the Employment Standards Administration and the Secretary's delegation of authority to administer the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (and its extensions) and the Black Lung Benefits Act to the Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. The amendments also add and update Internet addresses, and update cross-references to other regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments. The Department invites written comments on the proposed regulations from interested parties. Written comments must be received by May 29, 2012. 20 CFR Parts 718 and 725 This document contains proposed regulations implementing amendments to the Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA or Act) made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA amended the BLBA in two ways. First, it revived a rebuttable presumption of total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis for certain claims. Second, it reinstituted derivative entitlement to benefits for certain eligible survivors of coal miners whose lifetime benefit claims were awarded because they were totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis. These survivors need not also prove that the miner died due to coal workers' pneumoconiosis. The proposed rules would clarify how the statutory presumption may be invoked and rebutted and the application and scope of the derivative-survivor-entitlement provision. The proposed rules also eliminate several unnecessary or obsolete provisions.