§23-4B-5. Payment of benefits.
Upon receipt of an order of compensation issued pursuant to a claim for benefits filed under the provisions of Title IV of the federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, as amended, for claims incurred under said Act, including all claims where the date of last exposure is on or before the thirty-first day of December, two thousand five, without regard to the date the claim is filed, the executive director shall disburse the Coal-Workers' Pneumoconiosis Fund in the amounts and to the persons as directed by the order: Provided, That effective upon the termination of the Workers' Compensation Commission, disbursement from the Coal-workers' Pneumoconiosis Fund shall be made upon requisitions signed by the Insurance Commissioner.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session