[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR55a.201]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 55a_PROGRAM GRANTS FOR BLACK LUNG CLINICS--Table of Contents

 

                       Subpart B_Grants to States

 

Sec. 55a.201  What is required for a State application?





    An approvable State application must contain assurances that the 

State will:

    (a) Provide the following services for active and inactive miners in 

the State:

    (1) Primary care;

    (2) Patient and family education and counseling;

    (3) Outreach;

    (4) Patient care coordination, including individual patient care 

plans for all patients;

    (5) Antismoking advice; and

    (6) Other symptomatic treatments.

    (b) Provide medical services in consultation with a physician with 

special training or experience in the diagnosis and treatment of 

respiratory diseases.

    (c) Meet all criteria for approval and designation by the Department 

of Labor under 20 CFR part 725 to perform disability examination and 

provide treatment under the Act.

    (d) Use grant funds under this part to supplement and not supplant 

existing services of the State.

    (e) Provide the services described above for those miners previously 

served by a Black Lung Clinic in the State for which grant support 

expires during the funding period of the State's grant.

    (f) Provide services described above regardless of a person's 

ability to pay.

    (g) Audit its expenditures from amounts received under this part in 

accordance with the provisions of Attachment P, Audit Requirements, of 

Office of Management and Budget Circular A-102, Uniform Requirements for 

Assistance to State and Local Governments, as adopted for the Department 

of Health and Human Services by 45 CFR part 74.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

0915-0081)



[50 FR 7913, Feb. 27, 1985, as amended at 50 FR 53156, Dec. 30, 1985]