    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 36 (Monday, September 9, 1996)]
    [Pages 1659-1660]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Executive Order 13017--Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and
    Quality in the Health Care Industry

    September 5, 1996

        By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory
    Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), it is hereby ordered as
    follows:

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        Section 1. Establishment. (a) There is established the Advisory
    Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care
    Industry (the ``Commission''). The Commission shall be composed of not
    more than 20 members to be appointed by the President. The members will
    be consumers, institutional health care providers, health care
    professionals, other health care workers, health care insurers, health
    care purchasers, State and local government representatives, and experts
    in health care quality, financing, and administration.
        (b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of
    Labor shall serve as Co-Chairs of the Commission. The Co-Chairs shall
    report through the Vice President to the President.
        Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The Commission shall advise the President on
    changes occurring in the health care system and recommend such measures
    as may be necessary to promote and assure health care quality and value,
    and protect consumers and workers in the health care system. In
    particular, the Commission shall:
        (1) Review the available data in the area of consumer information
    and protections for those enrolled in health care plans and make such
    recommendations as may be necessary for improvements;
        (2) Review existing and planned work that defines, measures, and
    promotes quality of health care, and help build further consensus on
    approaches to assure and promote quality of care in a changing delivery
    system; and
        (3) Collect and evaluate data on changes in availability of
    treatment and services, and make such recommendations as may be
    necessary for improvements.
        (b) For the purpose of carrying out its functions, the Commission
    may hold hearings, establish subcommittees, and convene and act at such
    times and places as the Commission may find advisable.
        Sec. 3. Reports. The Commission shall make a preliminary report to
    the President by September 30, 1997. A final report shall be submitted
    to the President 18 months after the Commission's first meeting.
        Sec. 4. Administration. (a) To the extent permitted by law, the
    heads of executive departments and agencies, and independent agencies
    (collectively ``agencies'') shall provide the Commission, upon request,
    with such information as it may require for the purposes of carrying out
    its functions.
        (b) Members of the Commission may receive compensation for their
    work on the Commission not to exceed the daily rate specified for Level
    IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315). While engaged in the work
    of the Commission, members appointed from among private citizens of the
    United States may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu
    of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently
    in the Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707) to the extent funds are
    available for such purposes.
        (c) To the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability
    of appropriations, the Department of Health and Human Services shall
    provide the Commission with administrative services, funds, facilities,
    staff, and other support services necessary for the performance of the
    Commission's functions. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
    perform the administrative functions of the President under the Federal
    Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), with respect to the
    Commission.
        Sec. 5. General Provision. The Commission shall terminate 30 days
    after submitting its final report, but not later than 2 years from the
    date of this order, unless extended by the President.
                                                William J. Clinton
    The White House,
    September 5, 1996.

    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:28 a.m., September 6,
    1996]

    Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on
    September 9.