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[CITE: 30USC924a]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
                   CHAPTER 22--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
 
                   SUBCHAPTER IV--BLACK LUNG BENEFITS
 
    Part B--Claims for Benefits Filed on or Before December 31, 1973
 
Sec. 924a. Notification to miners of eligibility for medical 
        services and supplies; period for filing claim
        
    The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify each miner 
receiving benefits under this part on account of his or her total 
disability who such Secretary has reason to believe became eligible for 
medical services and supplies on January 1, 1974, of his or her possible 
eligibility for such benefits. Where such Secretary so notifies a miner, 
the period during which he or she may file a claim for medical services 
and supplies under part C of this subchapter shall not terminate before 
six months after such notification is made.

(Pub. L. 95-239, Sec. 11, Mar. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 101; Pub. L. 96-88, 
title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Black Lung Reform Act of 1977, 
and not as part of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 which 
comprises this chapter or the Black Lung Benefits Act which comprises 
this subchapter.

                         Change of Name

    ``Secretary of Health and Human Services'' substituted in text for 
``Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare'' pursuant to section 
509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 
20, Education.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Mar. 1, 1978, see section 20(a) of Pub. L. 95-239, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 901 of 
this title.
