Bill Text: FL S1762 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: BayCare Health System, Inc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-09 - Adopted [S1762 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-S1762-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2016                            (NP)    SR 1762
       
       
        
       By Senator Latvala
       
       20-02724A-16                                          20161762__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing and congratulating BayCare
    3         Health System, Inc., on its selection as the 2016
    4         recipient of the National Association of Workforce
    5         Boards’ W.O. Lawton Business Leadership Award.
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, the National Association of Workforce Boards’
    8  (NAWB) W.O. Lawton Business Leadership Award annually recognizes
    9  an outstanding business or organization that makes the
   10  commitment of time, money, and leadership to make its
   11  community’s workforce and economy more vibrant, and
   12         WHEREAS, BayCare is a leading not-for-profit health care
   13  system that connects individuals and families to a wide range of
   14  services at 14 hospitals and other medical facilities, and
   15         WHEREAS, one of the largest employers in the Tampa Bay
   16  region, with more than 23,000 employees, BayCare has taken a
   17  leadership role in working with CareerSource Pinellas to provide
   18  specialized health care training in high-wage, high-demand
   19  allied health care occupations, and
   20         WHEREAS, BayCare has been an essential partner to
   21  CareerSource Pinellas in several initiatives, including its
   22  contribution of an astounding $4.57 million in matching funds
   23  for the H-1B grant awarded to CareerSource Pinellas by the
   24  United States Department of Labor, and
   25         WHEREAS, since 2011, this investment by BayCare in the
   26  health care workforce in the Tampa Bay region has allowed
   27  CareerSource Pinellas to train more than 550 persons and has
   28  created jobs for 140 new registered nurses at BayCare, and
   29         WHEREAS, BayCare has entered into a number of community
   30  partnerships with, and provided financial support for,
   31  organizations that improve the lives of children and address the
   32  health and wellness needs of the community at large by providing
   33  health care to disadvantaged residents, and
   34         WHEREAS, BayCare will be recognized by NAWB at The Forum
   35  2016, the organization’s premier event, which will be held March
   36  12-15, 2016, in Washington, D.C., and attended by workforce
   37  development professionals and leaders in business, government,
   38  labor, and education from across the nation, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   40  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   42         That BayCare Health System, Inc., is recognized and
   43  congratulated on its selection as the 2016 recipient of the
   44  National Association of Workforce Boards’ W.O. Lawton Business
   45  Leadership Award.