House Bill 2051

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000               HCR 2051

        By Representatives Jones, Farkas, Casey, Argenio and
    Peaden





  1                   House Concurrent Resolution

  2         A concurrent resolution naming the legislative

  3         clinic in honor of Dr. Edward G. Haskell, Jr.

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  5         WHEREAS, Dr. Edward G. Haskell, Jr., founded the

  6  concept of health care for stressed-out, time-pressed

  7  legislators by voluntarily serving their health care needs

  8  during sessions of the Legislature in the late 1960's, and

  9         WHEREAS, Dr. Haskell was the philosophical designer of

10  the concepts of a legislative clinic and the "Doctor for the

11  Day" program during legislative sessions, and

12         WHEREAS, the first legislative clinic opened early in

13  1967 in an unused portion of a supply room serving the Florida

14  House of Representatives, and

15         WHEREAS, a terrible outbreak of influenza in 1967 and

16  the passage of Senate Bill 135-X, Extraordinary Session,

17  January 29, 1968, to February 16, 1968, which created the

18  Joint Legislative Management Committee, combined to make a

19  permanent fixture of the legislative clinic, and

20         WHEREAS, in the first few years of its existence, Dr.

21  Haskell offered invaluable assistance to the clinic and its

22  patients by lending his time, advice, and prescription

23  support, NOW, THEREFORE,

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25  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

26  Florida, the Senate Concurring:

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28         That the legislative clinic, established in 1967, be

29  named the "Dr. Edward G. Haskell, Jr., Legislative Clinic."

30         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the 2000

31  Legislature of the State of Florida express their gratitude to

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  1  Dr. Edward G. Haskell, Jr., for his pioneering leadership and

  2  unselfish contributions to the health of colleagues of the

  3  past and for his perseverance in helping to establish the

  4  legislative clinic.

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