HEARING ON H.R. 1415, THE PATIENT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, OCTOBER 23, 1997 Serial No. 105-61 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and the Workforce 45-688 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1998 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania, Chairman THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina BILL E. BARRETT, Nebraska PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan HOWARD P. "BUCK" McKEON, California MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware SAM JOHNSON, Texas JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri JAMES C. GREENWOOD, Pennsylvania LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina CHARLIE W. NORWOOD, JR., Georgia BOB SCHAFFER, Colorado JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California MAJOR R. OWENS, New York DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey PATSY MINK, Hawaii ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey TIM ROEMER, Indiana ROBERT C. "BOBBY" SCOTT, Virginia LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California CARLOS A. ROMERO-BARCELO, Puerto-Rico RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts LORETTA SANCHEZ, California |