EBSA (Formerly PWBA) Notice of Meeting
Working Group on the Disclosure of the Quality of Care in Health Plans; Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting [08/25/1998]
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Volume 63, Number 164, Page 45265-45266
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Working Group on the Disclosure of the Quality of Care in Health
Plans; 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, the
Working Group Established by the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare
and Pension Benefit Plans to study what kind of information on the
quality of care in health plans should be transmitted to fiduciaries
and participants and how the information should be transmitted will
hold an open public meeting on Tuesday, September 8, 1998, in Room N-
4437 C&D, U.S. Department of Labor Building, Second
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and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.
The purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to
approximately noon, is for Working Group members to conclude taking
testimony on the topic and to begin formulating their report for the
Secretary of Labor.
Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement
pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies on or before September
1, 1998, 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 10 minutes, but an extended statement
may be submitted for the record. Individuals with disabilities, who
need special accommodations, should contact Sharon Morrissey by
September 1, 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 September 1.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of August, 1998.
Meredith Miller,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-22772 Filed 8-24-98; 8:45 am]
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