§ 722.115 - Claims generally.

In order to assure that a State workmen's compensation law will provide adequate coverage for total disability or death due to pneumoconiosis, such law shall contain or shall be implemented by available rules and regulations which establish a comprehensive and viable scheme for the filing and processing of claims. If filing and processing procedures in any State are substantially informal, such State shall include in its application to be included on the Secretary's list, a full description of such State's filing and processing procedures, copies of any material disseminated to individuals to assist them in pursuing a claim, and a full description, including exemplary cases, of the time periods required by such State to fully process such claims. No State workmen's compensation law shall be included on the Secretary's list if it appears that any class of claimants shall be subject to inordinate delays, unnecessarily protracted proceedings, unnecessarily difficult requirements of proof, or other unwarranted difficulties in the pursuit of a claim.