NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
Commission on Health and Safety and Workers'
Compensation
Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999
455
Golden Gate Avenue (between Polk and Larkin)
Auditorium
B-100
San
Francisco, California
I.
Call
to Order
Minutes
from the August 12, 1999 meeting
Kristen
Schwenkmeyer, Chair
II.
Discussion
of Rulemaking and Policy Revision Process to Reduce Continuances, Standardize
the Process of C&R Approval, and Establish Uniformity of Forms
Proposed Medical Billing Dispute
Resolution Process
Implementation of Illegally
Uninsured Employer Project based on CHSWC Pilot
DWC Judicial Study
Richard
Gannon, Administrative Director, Division of Workers’ Compensation
III.
California
CompScope Report by WCRI – First Public Presentation
Sharon
Fox, PhD, Policy Analyst, Workers’ Compensation Research Institute
Ann
Clayton, Deputy Director, Workers’ Compensation Research Institute
Responses
from labor, management, industry, and government
Members
of the public
IV. Report on CHSWC Benefit Notice Study
Juliann
Sum, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley
V. Status Report on the CHSWC Study of ‘Local’ Forms and
Procedures
Charles
Lawrence Swezey, Esq., Legal Consultant
VI. Discussion of the Labor Code Section 5814 Issue and “Baseball
Arbitration”
Frank
Neuhauser, Survey Research Center, UC Berkeley
Thomas
J. McBirnie, Esq., Legal Consultant
VII. Update and Discussion Regarding Commission Studies
Christine
Baker, Executive Officer
VIII. Other
Business / Public Questions / Comments / Adjournment