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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11-4 HIC; meetings.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-4" heading="HIC; meetings.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The HIC shall meet at the request of the exclusive employee organizations, MAPS, and retirees no more than 4 times in each calendar year.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Mandatory meetings: next plan year.">The HIC shall meet at least twice between the months of June and September to discuss:<para num="(1)">the fiscal and benefit outcomes of the immediate past plan year;</para>
      <para num="(2)">health benefit options for the next plan year;</para>
      <para num="(3)">margin and other factors considered for pricing of the next plan year;        and</para>
      <para num="(4)">premium rates for the next plan year.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="City requests for meetings.">The City may request a meeting of the HIC by providing written notice to employee, MAPS, and retiree members of the HIC through their professional consultant at least 10 business days in advance of a proposed meeting.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Agenda.">Following a request for a meeting, the party that made the request must furnish a copy of a proposed agenda for the meeting to the Labor Commissioner and to the professional consultants on the HIC no later than one week before the meeting.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Meeting continuation.">HIC meetings may be adjourned by mutual consent and continued to subsequent timely dates to enable the City to fulfill requests for:<para num="(1)">documents;</para>
      <para num="(2)">information;</para>
      <para num="(3)">data; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">other relevant materials requested by exclusive employee organizations, MAPS, and retiree participants in the HIC.</para>
    </para>
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</baltimore-city-law>
