Suncoast Health Council Vacancies Announced

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — Applications are now being accepted for a Health Care Consumer and two Health Care Providers for appointment to the Suncoast Health Council. The two-year terms end March 31, 2023. Applications are due by 4 p.m. on Friday, April 23. The application can be found at www.pinellascounty.org/boards.

The Suncoast Health Council board is composed 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.

Suncoast Health Council is an independent, private nonprofit organization governed by a volunteer board of directors to represent the concerns of health care consumers, providers and purchasers in Pinellas and Pasco counties. The health council collects and analyzes health care data; describes community health status; identifies health care needs and resources; and works with community partners to design programs and services to respond to current and emerging health care needs. The board is made up of consumers, providers and purchasers of health care. Members are appointed to specific member 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.

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

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

Note: All materials submitted to Pinellas County government are subject to the public records law of the State of Florida.

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