[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6782]


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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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