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(Joint Resolution no. 29, Acts of 1980). The Task
Force is to identify the health, social, educational,
and economic needs of the estimated fifteen per-
cent of the State's citizens suffering from arthritis
and related diseases. It will assess the economic
impact resulting from arthritis in both the public
and private sectors and ascertain the most cost
effective means to meet existing needs. The Task
Force is further charged to determine how State
government agencies can work together with the
private sector to use present resources and capa-
bilities to meet the needs of Maryland's arthritic
population.

The Task Force consists of eighteen members.
They include one representative each from the
Preventive Medicine Administration, Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene; the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation, State Department of
Education; the Social Services Administration,
Department of Human Resources; the State
Health Resources Planning Commission; the Of-
fice on Aging; the Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine; the University of Maryland
School of Medicine; the Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty of Maryland; the Maryland Society for
the Rheumatic Diseases; the Maryland Chapter
of the Arthritis Foundation; and the Maryland
Hospital Association. Also serving on the Task
Force are one Senate member recommended by
the president of the Senate; one House member
recommended by the House speaker; one adult or
pediatric rheumatologist; one orthopedic surgeon;
one arthritis health professional; one private in-
surance company representative; and one arthritic
patient.

The Task Force is to report its findings and
recommendations to the Governor and General
Assembly.

ASBESTOS INSULATION PROBLEMS
TASK FORCE

Chairperson: J. Max Millstone, Secretary of Gen-
eral Services

Charles R. Buck, Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene; John J. Corbley, Secretary of Licens-
ing and Regulation; David W. Hornbeck, State
Superintendent of Schools; Constance Lieder,
Secretary of State Planning; H. Louis Stettler
III, Secretary of Budget and Fiscal Planning;
Theodore E. Thomton, Sr., Secretary of Person-
nel; John S. Toll, President, University of Mary-
land.

301 W. Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-3960

The Governor appointed the Asbestos Insula-
tion Problems Task Force in 1981. The Task

Force examined potential health hazards and
problems posed by asbestos in State government
buildings. In its January 8, 1982, report to the
Governor, it recommended ways of protecting
people in State buildings from these hazards and
problems.

The Governor accepted all of the Task Force's
recommendations and directed the Secretary of
Personnel to implement them. The Secretary of
Personnel formed an advisory committee to create
an implementation plan. The committee was com-
posed of persons who, incidental to their employ-
ment, work with asbestos; and representatives
from labor, operating departments, and staff
agencies. The Secretary of Personnel submitted
the implementation plan to the Governor at the
end of 1982.

COMMISSION TO STUDY THE
REGULATORY STRUCTURE OF
BANKING, SAVINGS AND LOAN AND
SMALL LOAN INDUSTRIES

Chairperson: Stanford D. Hess

Irving Applefeld, George H. Bernstein, J. Owen
Cole, William H. Cox, Jr., Alan T. Fell, W. H.
Holden Gibbs, Frank A. Leilich, Thomas V.
Mike Miller, Jr., R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr., John
H. Mosner, Jr., Raymond C. Nichols, Thomas
E. O'Neill, Mark L. Palmer, Lloyal Randolph,
Gordon J. Tomasch, T. Hammond Welsh, Jr.,
Hillsman V. Wilson.

c/o Gordon N. Wilcox
Department of Licensing and Regulation
501 St. Paul Place
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 659-6200

The Governor appointed this commission in
1973 to consider whether the banking, savings
and loan, and small loan agencies should remain
separate regulatory agencies, or be combined into
one agency to regulate the conduct of finance
within the State. The Commission is to report at
a later date.

COMMISSION ON COMPENSATION
AND PERSONNEL POLICIES

Chairperson: Walter Sondheim, Jr.

Jereleigh Archer; Charles Costa; John R. Har-
greaves; Arthur H. Helton, Jr.; Jody R. Johns;
Nancy K. Kopp; Laurence Levitan; H. Louis
Stettler III; Theodore E. Thomton, Sr.

Staff: Jack Keavney, Margaret Owens

Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning
State Treasury Building
Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 269-2272