Stanford Law Library 3 6105 063 576 933 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM DAN BURTON, Indiana TOM DAVIS, Virginia, Chairman CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut RON LEWIS, Kentucky JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee HENRY A. WAXMAN, California JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts DIANE E. WATSON, California STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California C.A. "DUTCH" RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia JIM COOPER, Tennessee BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont (Independent) MELISSA WOJCIAK, Staff Director David Marin, Deputy Staff Director/Communications Director PHIL BARNETT, Minority Chief of Staff/Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DRUG POLICY AND HUMAN RESOURCES CONTENTS Notebaert, Edmond F., president and chief executive officer, University of Maryland Medical System; Mary E. Kass, M.D., president, College of American Pathologists; and Carol Benner, Director, Office of Health Care Quality, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Turner, Kristin S., former employee of Maryland General Hospital Benner, Carol, Director, Office of Health Care Quality, Maryland Depart- Kass, Mary E., M.D., president, College of American Pathologists, pre- Notebaert, Edmond F., president and chief executive officer, University of Maryland Medical System, prepared statement of Ruppersberger, Hon. C.A. Dutch, a Representative in Congress from the |