Senate Bill sb1620

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1620

    By Senator Pruitt





    27-660-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to workforce innovation;

  3         amending s. 445.009, F.S.; directing Workforce

  4         Florida, Inc., to develop strategies and

  5         policies for using private-sector staffing

  6         services firms; requiring a report; providing

  7         an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (10) of section 445.009, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         445.009  One-stop delivery system.--

14         (10)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

15  Workforce Florida, Inc., shall develop strategies and policies

16  for incorporating the use of private-sector staffing services

17  firms into the operation of the state's workforce system in

18  order to reduce duplication in the delivery of workforce

19  services to individuals and employers. Workforce Florida,

20  Inc., shall incorporate provisions relating to the use of such

21  staffing services firms into the strategic plan required under

22  s. 445.006. In addition, Workforce Florida, Inc., shall

23  develop policies and guidelines for use by the regional

24  workforce boards in fulfilling the ability of the boards to

25  use private-sector staffing services firms to the maximum

26  extent feasible in the one-stop delivery system, pursuant to

27  subsection (9). In developing the strategies, policies, and

28  guidelines under this section, Workforce Florida, Inc., shall

29  consider the extent to which the use of private-sector

30  staffing services firms could result in more efficient

31  delivery of workforce services, including, but not limited to,

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  1  the extent to which portions of the one-stop delivery system

  2  or specific activities of the one-stop delivery system could

  3  be reduced, augmented, or replaced by activities conducted by

  4  such staffing services firms. By January 1, 2003, Workforce

  5  Florida, Inc., in conjunction with local workforce boards and

  6  the staffing services industry, shall submit a report to the

  7  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the

  8  House of Representatives on its progress in fulfilling the

  9  requirements and on additional options for the state to

10  increase the use of private-sector staffing services firms in

11  the workforce system. The reports shall also include

12  recommendations on whether the membership of the board of

13  Workforce Florida, Inc., and the regional workforce boards

14  should be amended to include representatives from staffing

15  services firms. To the maximum extent feasible, the one-stop

16  delivery system may use private sector staffing services firms

17  in the provision of workforce services to individuals and

18  employers in the state. Regional workforce boards may

19  collaborate with staffing services firms in order to

20  facilitate the provision of workforce services. Regional

21  workforce boards may contract with private sector staffing

22  services firms to design programs that meet the employment

23  needs of the region. All such contracts must be

24  performance-based and require a specific period of job tenure

25  prior to payment.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

27  law.

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  3    Requires Workforce Florida, Inc., to develop strategies
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