[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27833]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Working Group on the Disclosure of the Quality of Health Care 
Plans, Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; 
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 Thursday, November 12, 1998, in Room N-
4437 C&D, U.S. Department of Labor Building, Second and Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20210.
    The purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 9:30 a.m. To 
approximately noon, is for Working Group members to complete their 
report and/or recommendations.
    Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement 
pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies on or before November 
5, 1998, to Sharon Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory 
Council, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5677, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 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 accommodation, should contact Sharon Morrissey by November 
5, at the address indicated in this notice.
    Organizations or individuals may also submit statement 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 November 5.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. This 9th day of October, 1998.
Meredith Miller,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-27833 Filed 10-15-98; 8:45 am]
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