EBSA (Formerly PWBA) Notice of Meeting
Working Group on Challenges to the Employment-Based Healthcare System; Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting [04/18/2001]
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Volume 66, Number 75, Page 19993
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Working Group on Challenges to the Employment-Based Healthcare
System; Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits
Plans; Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the authority contained in section 512 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1142, a
public meeting will be held Friday, May 4, 2001, of the Advisory
Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Working Group
assigned to study challenges to the employment-based healthcare system.
The session will take place in Room N-5437 A-C, U.S. Department of
Labor Building, Second and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20210. The purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 9:30 a.m.
to approximately 4 p.m. with a one-hour lunch break at noon, is for
working group members to hear invited academic witnesses discuss either
the advantages or the disadvantages of the current employment-based
health care system as well as potential alternatives to providing
access to health insurance via the employer. The working group also
will schedule benefit consultants to discuss the issue.
Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement
pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies on or before April 27,
2001, to Sharon Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory Council,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5677, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20210. Individuals or representatives of organizations
wishing to address the Working Group should forward their request to
the Executive Secretary or telephone (202) 219-8753. Oral presentations
will be limited to 20 minutes, but an extended statement may be
submitted for the record. Individuals with disabilities, who need
special accommodations, should contact Sharon Morrissey by April 27, at
the address indicated in this notice.
Organizations or individuals may also submit statements for the
record without testifying. Twenty (20) copies of such statements should
be sent to the Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council at the above
address. Papers will be accepted and included in the record of the
meeting if received on or before April 27.
Signed at Washington, DC this 12th day of April 2001.
Alan D. Lebowitz,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-9616 Filed 4-17-01; 8:45 am]
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