DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Act 68--Informational Meeting [28 Pa.B. 5531] The Department of Health and the Insurance Department give notice that they will conduct a joint informational meeting open to the public to discuss the Statements of Policy which were published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin at 28 Pa.B. 5011 (October 3, 1998). These Statements of Policy relate to procedures to be followed by the Departments in implementation of the requirements of Act 1998-68, concerning quality health care accountability and protection provisions applicable to managed care plans and licensed insurers.
The meeting will be held on Thursday, November 12, 1998, starting at 10 a.m. in the Rachel Carson State Office Building, Second Floor, Main Auditorium, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
To ensure preparation of adequate materials for distribution and to facilitate distribution of any follow-up information, all attendees are requested to provide the following: name, organization, title, mailing address and telephone number. This information should be provided in writing on or before November 6, 1998 to: Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Managed Care, Room 909, Health & Welfare Building, P. O. Box 90, Harrisburg, PA 17208. The requested information may also be provided by contacting the Bureau of Managed Care by telephone at (717) 787-5193 or through facsimile transmission at (717) 705-0947.
For additional information, or for persons with a disability who desire to attend the meeting and require an auxiliary aide service, or other accommodation to do so, please contact Thomas J. Chepel, Acting Director, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Managed Care, at (717) 787-5193.
V/TT (717) 783-6514 for speech and/or hearing impaired persons or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at (800) 654-5984 [TT].
This meeting is subject to cancellation without notice.
DANIEL F. HOFFMANN,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-1801. Filed for public inspection October 30, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
