NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation

Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000
Time: 10:00 am until business is completed
Place: The San Francisco Civic Center Complex
455 Golden Gate Avenueth Street
(between Polk and Larkin)|
Auditorium B-100
San Francisco, California

 

AGENDA

    1. Call to Order

      2. Minutes from the December 16, 1999 meeting
        Tom Rankin, Chair

    2. Report on Workers' Compensation and the California Economy

        3. Christine Baker, CHSWC Executive Officer
        Frank Neuhauser, Survey Research Center, UC Berkeley

    3. Update on CHSWC Study of Permanent Disability by Rand

        4. Robert Reville, Ph.D., Economist, Rand

    4. Evaluating the Judicial Function

        5. Ernest C. Friesen, former Dean of the National Judicial College

    5. Update on Labor Code Section 5814 Issue
      Update on Workers' Compensation Anti-Fraud Activities

        6. Thomas J. McBirnie, Esq., Consultant

    6. Report on CHSWC Study of Workers' Compensation Pharmaceutical Costs
      Upate on CHSWC Study of Vocational Rehabilitation

        7. Frank Neuhauser, Survey Research Center, UC Berkeley

    7. Report on Recommendation for Information to Injured Workers

        8. Charles Lawrence Swezey, Esq., Consultant
        Juliann Sum, Esq., Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley

    8. Other Business / Public Questions / Comments / Adjournment

      9. Note: The agenda may be adjusted, if necessary, depending upon the time needed for discussion of each item.