Fluorspar Miners Respiratory Disease Compensation Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Fluorspar Miners Respiratory Disease Compensation Act - Title I: General Provisions - Declares it the purpose of this Act to provide disability payments to fluorspar miners who are totally disabled due to respiratory disease arising from their employment, and to provide benefits to the surviving dependents of miners whose death was due to such disease. Title II: Claims for Benefits Filed on or Before December 31, 1976 - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prescribe standards for determining whether or not a miner or his dependent is eligible to receive benefits under this Act. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that respiratory diseases of miners employed for ten years or more in fluorspar mines arose out of such employment. Establishes criteria to determine the amount of monthly benefits to eligible applicants. Stipulates that no claim for benefits shall be denied solely on the basis of a ches roentgenogram. Allows reimbursement for reasonable medical expenses incurred by claimants in establishing their claims. Title III: Claims for Benefits after December 31, 1976 - Requires that claims for benefits on or after January 1,1977, be filed pursuant to State w…