106 STAT. 3042 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 "(II) the tnistees elect to use to pay benefits for the current plan year, and "(iii) any interest earned by the Combined Fund which the trustees elect to use to pay benefits for the current plan year. "(3) QUALIFIED PROVIDERS.— The trustees of the Combined Fund shall not enter into an agreement under paragraph (1) with any provider of services which is of a type which is required to be certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services when providing services under title XVIII of the Social Security Act unless the provider is so certified. "(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.— Benefits shall be provided under paragraph (1) on and after February 1, 1993. ^'(c) DEATH BENEFITS COVERAGE.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The trustees of the Combined Fund shall provide death benefits coverage to each eligible beneficiary described in subsection (0(1) which is identical to the benefits Provided under the 1950 UMWA Pension Plan or 1974 UMWA ension Plan, whichever is applicable, on July 20, 1992. Such coverage shall be provided on and after February 1, 1993. "(2) TERMINATION OF COVERAGE.— The 1950 UMWA Pension Plan and the 1974 UMWA Pension Plan shall each be amended to provide that death benefits coverage shall not be provided to eligible beneficiaries on and after February 1, 1993. This paragraph shall not prohibit such plans from subsequently providing death benefits not described in paragraph (1). n[d) RESERVES FOR ADMINISTRATION. —The trustees of the Combined Fund may reserve for each plan year, for use in payment of the administrative costs of the Combined Fund, an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the premiums to be paid to the Combined Fund under section 9704(a) during the plan year. "(e) LIMITATION ON ENROLLMENT.— The Combined Fund shall not enroll any individual who is not receiving benefits under the 1950 UMWA Benefit Plan or the 1974 UMWA Benefit Plan as ofJulv20, 1992. "(f) ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARY.— For purposes of this subchapter, the term 'eligible beneficiary* means an individual who— "(1) is a coal industry retiree who, on July 20, 1992, was eligible to receive, and receiving, benefits from the 1950 UMWA Benefit Plan or the 1974 UMWA Benefit Plan, or "(2) on such date was eligible to receive, and receiving, benefits in either such plan by reason of a relationship to such retiree. "PART II—FINANCING "Sec. 9704. Liability of assigned operators. "Sec. 9705. Transfers. "Sec. 9706. Assignment of eligible beneficiaries. ' nSEC. 9704. LIABILITY OF ASSIGNED OPERATORS. "(a) ANNUAL PREMIUMS. — Each assigned operator shall pay to the Combined Fund for each plan year oeginning on or after February 1, 1993, an annual premium equal to the sum of the following three premiiuns— "(1) the health benefit premium determined under subsection (b) for such plan year, plus
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