Suncoast Health Council Vacancies Announced

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — Applications are being accepted for appointments to the Suncoast Health Council, a volunteer board made up of consumers, providers and purchasers of health care.

The appointments are for the Health Care Consumer and Health Care Provider categories of members. The two-year term for these vacancies will expire March 31, 2023. Applications are also being accepted to fill a vacancy for a current two-year term for a Health Care Provider that is set to expire on Sept. 30, 2022.

Applications are due by 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10. The application can be found at www.pinellascounty.org/boards/board-committee-list.htm.

Members of the council are appointed to specific categories: Health care provider, health care consumer and health care purchaser.

A health care provider is someone who provides health care services, such as a doctor. A health care consumer is defined as an individual who is neither a purchaser nor provider, who receives medical care from licensed practitioners, resides in or receives services from a heath care facility and who may or may not access public and/or private health insurance coverage. A health care purchaser is defined as an individual licensed to provide or who provides health care services to individuals and/or groups, such as insurance executives. A purchaser may also purchase health care services on behalf of others, provided they don’t also provide direct medical care. Examples include human resource managers and business owners purchasing health coverage for employees.

The Suncoast Health Council’s purpose is to plan and advise for the health needs in Pasco and Pinellas counties. The Suncoast Health Council board consists of 12 members; eight members are appointed by the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners and four members are appointed by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners.

Meetings of the Suncoast Health Council meet on the third Wednesday of alternating months from 11:30 a.m.to 1 p.m. in the Madison Building located at 9600 Koger Blvd., St. Petersburg. To learn more about the Suncoast Health Council, visit suncoasthealthcouncil.org.

The Board of County Commissioners will review all applications and make its selection at an upcoming meeting.

All material submitted to Pinellas County is subject to the public records law of the State of Florida under Chapter 119, Florida Statutes.

This press release was produced by the Pinellas County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.