HB 3107
Creating WV Black Lung Program
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Bill overview
This bill establishes the West Virginia Black Lung Program to provide benefits to coal miners suffering from occupational pneumoconiosis (black lung disease). It creates a state fund to cover these costs and includes provisions for a presumption of entitlement to pain and suffering benefits after 10 years of mining exposure, with a 15-year exposure requirement for establishing a claim. The bill also proposes new taxes on severance and electricity generation to fund the program and encourages cooperation with other states to recoup federal coal excise taxes.
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