39-72-701. Compensation for total disability or death due to occupational disease other than pneumoconiosis. (1) The compensation to which an employee temporarily totally disabled or permanently totally disabled by an occupational disease other than pneumoconiosis, or the beneficiaries and dependents of the employee in the case of death caused by an occupational disease other than pneumoconiosis, are entitled under this chapter shall be the same payments which are payable to an injured employee, and such payments shall be made for the same period of time as is provided in cases of temporary total disability, permanent total disability, and in cases of injuries causing death under the Workers' Compensation Act.
     (2) In cases where it is determined that periodic disability benefits granted by the Social Security Act are payable because of the disease, the weekly benefits payable under this section are reduced, but not below zero, by an amount equal as nearly as practical to one-half the federal periodic benefits for such week, which amount is to be calculated from the date of the disability social security entitlement.

     History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 155, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 190, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 47, Ch. 535, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 92-1321(part); amd. Sec. 88, Ch. 397, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 21, L. 1981.