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 118 STAT. 2184 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 ‘‘(f) TRANSITION PROVISIONS.—(1) The Secretary shall commence the administration of the provisions of this subtitle not later than 210 days after the date of the enactment of this subtitle. ‘‘(2) Until the commencement of the administration of this subtitle, the Department of Energy Physicians Panels appointed pursuant to subtitle D shall continue to consider and issue deter minations concerning any cases pending before such Panels imme diately before the date of the enactment of this subtitle. ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall take such actions as are appropriate to identify other activities under subtitle D that will continue until the commencement of the administration of subtitle E. ‘‘(g) PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS.—Upon the commencement of the administration of this subtitle, any application previously filed with the Secretary of Energy pursuant to subtitle D shall be considered to have been filed with the Secretary as a claim for benefits pursu ant to this subtitle. ‘‘SEC. 3682. COORDINATION OF BENEFITS WITH RESPECT TO STATE WORKERS COMPENSATION. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An individual who has been awarded com pensation under this subtitle, and who has also received benefits from a State workers compensation system by reason of the same covered illness, shall receive compensation specified in this subtitle reduced by the amount of any workers compensation benefits, other than medical benefits and benefits for vocational rehabilitation, that the individual has received under the State workers compensa tion system by reason of the covered illness, after deducting the reasonable costs, as determined by the Secretary, of obtaining those benefits under the State workers compensation system. ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the provisions of sub section (a) if the Secretary determines that the administrative costs and burdens of implementing subsection (a) with respect to a par ticular case or class of cases justifies such a waiver. ‘‘(c) INFORMATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each State workers compensation authority shall, upon request of the Secretary, provide to the Secretary on a quarterly basis information concerning workers compensation benefits received by any covered DOE contractor employee entitled to compensation or benefits under this subtitle, which shall include the name, Social Security number, and nature and amount of workers compensation benefits for each such employee for which the request was made. ‘‘SEC. 3683. MAXIMUM AGGREGATE COMPENSATION. ‘‘For each individual whose illness or death serves as the basis for compensation or benefits under this subtitle, the total amount of compensation (other than medical benefits) paid under this sub title, to all persons, in the aggregate, on the basis of that illness or death shall not exceed $250,000. ‘‘SEC. 3684. FUNDING OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. ‘‘There is authorized and hereby appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2005 and thereafter such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle. 42 USC 7385s–13. 42 USC 7385s–12. 42 USC 7385s–11.

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