***NOTICE -- HEARING RESCHEDULED***

ADVISORY
FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Hearing Rescheduled for Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 2768, "the
"Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2001"
Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Congresswoman Nancy L. Johnson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee hearing on H.R. 2768, the "Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2001," previously scheduled for Tuesday, September 11, 2001, will now be held on Tuesday, September 25, 2001, at 10:00 a.m., in the main Committee hearing room, 1100 Longworth House Office Building.

DETAILS FOR SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN COMMENTS:

Any person or organization wishing to submit a written statement for the printed record of the hearing should submit six (6) single-spaced copies of their statement, along with an IBM compatible 3.5-inch diskette in WordPerfect or MS Word format, with their name, address, and hearing date noted on a label, by the close of business, Tuesday, October 9, 2001, to Allison Giles, Chief of Staff, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, 1102 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515. If those filing written statements wish to have their statements distributed to the press and interested public at the hearing, they may deliver 200 additional copies for this purpose to the Subcommittee on Health office, room 1136 Longworth House Office Building, by close of business the day before the hearing.

All other details for the hearing remain the same. (See Subcommittee press release No. HL-10, dated September 4, 2001.)