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WHEREAS, Larry Feeler, founder and CEO of WorkSTEPS, has been |
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named the 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Odessa Chamber of |
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Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, WorkSTEPS is a functional employee testing company |
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with the goal of reducing work-related injuries, and their |
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associated costs, for employers; using proprietary tests to |
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determine the overall fitness of employment candidates to perform |
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essential job functions, WorkSTEPS helps employers better match |
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workers' strengths to their jobs in order to create a safer |
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workplace; Mr. Feeler devised the tests as a solution to the rising |
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workers' compensation claims that his father's pipeline |
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construction company was facing; in the first year of testing his |
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father's new employees, injuries and costs were reduced by more |
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than 60 percent, and the company saved three quarters of a million |
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dollars; Mr. Feeler formally incorporated WorkSTEPS in 1994; and |
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WHEREAS, Since then, it has become one of the largest |
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functional employee testing companies in the United States, |
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administering tests through a network of more than 700 |
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rehabilitation service providers; the company has expanded over the |
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years to include post-injury testing programs, as well as other |
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services to help corporations contain and control costs related to |
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employment and work-related environments; WorkSTEPS is further |
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distinguished by its fund-raising efforts in behalf of such |
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nonprofit organizations as the March of Dimes, the National Amputee |
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Golf Association, Mission of Hope Haiti, and Wounded Warriors; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Feeler holds a degree from The University of |
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Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and, in addition to his success in |
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the area of workplace health, he is a licensed physical therapist |
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who owns one of the largest private practice physical therapy |
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clinics in the country; and |
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WHEREAS, Dynamic and creative entrepreneurs play a vital role |
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in the future of Texas, and this award justly recognizes Larry |
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Feeler's outstanding contributions to his community and beyond; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Larry Feeler on being named the |
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2011 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce and |
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extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success and |
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happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Feeler as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |