Media Advisory: April 23, 2010

BWC Board of Directors to Meet Next Friday at 8 a.m.

COLUMBUS – The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors will hold for its regular monthly meeting from 8 to 10 a.m. on Friday, May 28. The meeting will be held in Room 3, Level 2 of the William Green Building, located at 30 W. Spring St., Columbus. Friday’s meeting will include an Executive Session for personnel matters.

The board’s committees will meet Thursday, May 27 on Level 2 of the William Green Building. The Audit Committee will meet from 8 to 9:30 a.m. in Room 3; the Investment Committee will meet from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Room 2; the Actuarial Committee will meet from 12 to 2:30 p.m. in Room 3; the Medical Services and Safety Committee will meet from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Room 2; and the Governance Committee will meet from 4 to 6 p.m. in Room 3. The Investments, Medical Services and Safety and Governance Committee meetings may start earlier if the committee meetings preceding them adjourn earlier than scheduled.

The planned agenda for the BWC Board of Directors meeting follows:

8 a.m. Call to order – Bill Lhota, Chair

Committee Reports

• Actuarial Committee, Chuck Bryan, committee chair
1. Private employer base rates and expected loss rates
2. Marine Industry Fund rates
3. Disabled Workers’ Relief Fund and Additional Disabled Workers’ Relief Fund
4. Sponsorship certification requirements

• Audit Committee, Ken Haffey, committee chair
1. FY 2011 Administrative Budget

• Governance Committee, Alison Falls, committee chair
1. Amendment to governance guidelines re: delegation of authority
2. Approval of board self-assessment form and process

• Investment Committee, Bob Smith, committee chair

• Medical Services and Safety Committee, James Harris, committee chair
1. Group Experience and Group Retrospective Safety Program requirements
2. $15K Medical-Only Program

Monthly Enterprise Report - Tracy Valentino, Chief, Fiscal & Planning Division

Administrator Briefing - Marsha P. Ryan, Administrator

Adjourn

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Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Board of Directors
Chairman William Lhota, SI Employers | Charles Bryan, Actuary | David Caldwell, Employee Organizations | Alison Falls, Investment & Securities | Thomas Pitts, Employees | Kenneth Haffey, CPA | James Harris, Employee Organizations | James Hummel, Large Employers | Jim Matesich, Small Employers | Larry Price, Public | Robert Smith, Investment & Securities