Senate Bill sb1620c1

    Florida Senate - 2002                           CS for SB 1620

    By the Committee on Commerce and Economic Opportunities; and
    Senator Pruitt




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  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         requirements for certain contracts; providing

  8         an effective date.

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

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

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         445.009  One-stop delivery system.--

15         (10)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

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

17  for incorporating the use of private-sector staffing services

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

19  order to reduce duplication in the delivery of workforce

20  services to individuals and employers. Workforce Florida,

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

22  staffing services firms into the strategic plan required under

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

24  develop policies and guidelines for use by the regional

25  workforce boards in fulfilling the ability of the boards to

26  use private-sector staffing services firms to the maximum

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

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

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

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

31  staffing services firms could result in more efficient

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    Florida Senate - 2002                           CS for SB 1620
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  1  delivery of workforce services, including, but not limited to,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  9  House of Representatives on its progress in fulfilling the

10  requirements and on additional options for the state to

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

12  the workforce system. The report shall also include

13  recommendations on whether the membership of the regional

14  workforce boards should be changed to include representatives

15  from staffing services firms and whether additional

16  representatives from staffing services firms should be added

17  to the board of directors of Workforce Florida, Inc. Any

18  contract between a regional workforce board and a

19  private-sector staffing services firm must be

20  performance-based and must require a specific period of job

21  tenure prior to payment. To the maximum extent feasible, the

22  one-stop delivery system may use private sector staffing

23  services firms in the provision of workforce services to

24  individuals and employers in the state. Regional workforce

25  boards may collaborate with staffing services firms in order

26  to facilitate the provision of workforce services. Regional

27  workforce boards may contract with private sector staffing

28  services firms to design programs that meet the employment

29  needs of the region. All such contracts must be

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

31  prior to payment.

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

  2  law.

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  4          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  5                         Senate Bill 1620

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  7  The committee substitute requires contracts between regional
    workforce boards and private-sector staffing services firms to
  8  be performance-based and provide a specific period of job
    tenure prior to payment. The committee substitute also
  9  clarifies that a report must include recommendations on
    whether additional representatives of staffing services firms
10  should be added to the board of directors of Workforce
    Florida, Inc.
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