Working Group on the Challenge to the Employment-Based Healthcare
System Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans;
Notice of Meeting [Notices] [03/20/2001]
Working Group on the Challenge to the Employment-Based Healthcare
System Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans;
Notice of Meeting [03/20/2001]
Volume 66, Number 54, Page 15763
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Working Group on the Challenge 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 Tuesday, April 10, 2001, of the Advisory
Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans Working Group
assigned to study the challenge to the employment-based healthcare
system.
The session will take place in Room N-5437 A-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 organize their
study efforts for the year and by beginning to take testimony on the
future of employment-based health care. Rising health care costs and
increased regulation have caused some employers to question whether or
not they want to continue to participate in this voluntary system.
Working Group chair is Carl Camden, executive vice president of
field operations, sales and marketing for Kelly Services, Inc., Troy,
Mich. Vice chair is Ronnie Susan Thierman, senior consultant, William
M. Mercer, Inc., San Francisco, Calif.
Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement
pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies on or before April 1,
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 10 minutes, but an extended statement may be
submitted for the record. Individuals with disabilities, who need
special accommodations, should contact Sharon Morrissey by April 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 April 1.
Signed at Washington, DC this 13th day of March 2001.
Alan D. Lebowitz,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-6782 Filed 3-19-01; 8:45 am]
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