[Federal Register: September 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 180)]
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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 Monday, October 5, 1998, in Room N-4437 
C&D, 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 noon, is for Working Group members to begin drafting 
their report and/or recommendations 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 October 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 October 1.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 10th day of September, 1998.
Meredith Miller,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-24862 Filed 9-16-98; 8:45 am]
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