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Agenda
Financial Services Committee
Fall Forum - NCSL Standing Committees
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
December 11-13, 2002
Fall Forum Brochure || Online Registration
Committee sessions are in bold
Wednesday, December 11
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8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
Registration |
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9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Capitol Room
Lobby Level |
Task Force to Streamline and Simplify Insurance Regulations |
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4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act
Speaker: Roderick Paige, Secretary of Education |
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5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. |
Women's Legislative Network Reception |
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5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. |
Steering Committee |
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6:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
Opening Reception
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill |
Thursday, December 12
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7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
Registration |
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8:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
Plenary Breakfast: State Fiscal Relief
Moderator: David Broder, Columnist, The Washington Post |
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10:00 a.m. - 12 noon
Columbia Foyer
Ballroom Level |
When I'm 64: The States' Role in Securing Retirement Incomes
Sponsors: Financial Services Committee
Labor and Workforce Development Committee
Volatile financial markets and corporate scandals have wiped out billions in retirement funds and left state lawmakers wondering what they can do to protect small investors and promote retirement security. This session explores the role of the states in regulating the financial markets, such as investigating securities fraud, going after unfair trade practices and regulating life insurance and annuity products. It also examines the role of states as pension providers and as large institutional investors.
Moderator:
Representative Sonya "Sonny" Googins
Chair, Financial Services Standing Committee
Speakers:
Keith Brainard, Director of Research, National Association of State Retirement Administrators, Texas
Karen Elinski, TIAA-CREF, New York
Aristotle Hutras, Staff Chair, NCSL Standing Committee on Labor and Workforce Development and Director, Ohio Retirement Study Commission
Melanie Senter Lubin, Securities Commissioner, Maryland |
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 Combating
Identity Theft
Financial Services Committee and Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Committee
In the last five years, states have developed a variety of laws to deal
with identity theft. Recent legislation addresses enforcement, especially
enhanced penalties for the crime. The financial industry has taken steps
to secure customer data and manage information for accuracy of account
data. The federal government has a number of identity theft projects, including
a national database for law enforcement and a program to educate the public
about information security issues. Panelists will discuss standards for
use of personal financial information, strengthening consumer protections,
and highlight ways in which government and industry are together fighting
the crime of identity theft.
Moderator: Representative Donna Stone, Delaware
Vice Chair, Financial Services Committee
Speakers:
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Carol Apel, Chief Privacy Officer, Bank of America
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Naomi Lefkovitz, Attorney Identity Theft Program, Federal
Trade Commission
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Susan Grant, Vice President for Public Policy, National Consumer
League
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Dennis Cuevas, Consumer Protection Project Manager and Counsel,
National Association of Attorneys General
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Senator Debra Bowen, California
Handouts:
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10:00 a.m. - 12 noon
Capitol Room
Lobby Level |
Setting Limits: State and Federal Efforts to Respond to the Latest Medical Malpractice Crises
Sponsors: Health Committee
Financial Services Committee
Rapidly escalating medical malpractice premiums once again threaten to severely limit access to health care in the United States. While there is little consensus as to the causes of the current crises, expectations of patients, doctors, lawyers and insurers undoubtedly all play a role. This session will examine recent research on the causes and effects of rapidly rising malpractice premiums, and will explore federal and state proposals for reforms of the U.S. health and tort systems and insurance practices.
Speakers:
Alan Eisenberg, Office of U.S. Rep. James Greenwood, Pennsylvania
Michelle Mello, Asst. Professor of Health Policy and Law, Harvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts
Lawrence Smarr, President, Physician Insurers Association of America, Maryland
Sidney Wolfe, Director, Public Citizen Health Research Group, District of Columbia |
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12 noon - 1:15 p.m. |
Plenary Lunch: NCSL's New Committee Structure
Speakers: Representative Spencer Coggs, Wisconsin, Chair NCSL Standing Committee
Marion Higa, State Auditor, Hawaii, Staff Chair, NCSL Standing Committee |
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1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Columbia Foyer
Ballroom Level |
Credit Scores and Insurance: Winners, Losers and Rules of the Game
Sponsor: Financial Services Committee
Credit scoring in insurance is changing the way insurers write homeowners and auto policies and has spurred a debate on how people manage their personal finances relates to the way they operate a car or maintain their home. This session explores how credit scoring works in insurance, how it affects the availability and affordability of insurance, and what states are doing to regulate its use.
Moderator:
Representative Frank Mautino, Illinois
Vice Chair, Financial Services Standing Committee
Speakers:
Birny Birnbaum, Center for Economic Justice, Texas
Wesley Bissett, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, Virginia
Eddy Lo, Insurance Manager, Fair, Isaac and Company, Inc., California
Jim Poolman, Insurance Commissioner, North Dakota
Dave Snyder, American Insurance Association, District of Columbia |
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3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Columbia Foyer
Ballroom Level |
Financial Services Committee Business Meeting
Discussion of topics, which will serve as an orientation to topics the committee will address, policy resolutions up for renewal, issues before Congress and the states, and interests of officers, members. |
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6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
Reception |
Friday, December 13
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7:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Registration |
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8:00 a.m. 9:15 a.m. |
Special Briefings:
- Closing the Budget Gap
- Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act
- Continuity of Government
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9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Special Briefings:
- Implementing the New Federal Election Reform Law: Will It "Help America Vote?
- Streamlined Sales Tax Collection
- Whither Welfare Reform? Impact on the States
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11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. |
Plenary: 2002 Election Analysis
Speaker: William Schneider, Analyst, CNN |
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12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. |
Business Meeting |
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12:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. |
Closing Plenary Lunch: Prospects for the New Economy
Speaker: David Wyss, Chief Economist, Standard and Poors |
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2:15 p.m. |
Meeting Adjourns |
 Financial Services Committee
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