H.R. No. 923
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The City of Irving has developed an incentive-based
fitness initiative, the Irving Wellness Incentive Now (IWIN)
program, to reward workers for achieving and maintaining good
health; and
WHEREAS, Based on personal responsibility, the IWIN program
builds upon the knowledge that good health can lead to a richer,
fuller life; IWIN participants receive increased funding
opportunities for their health savings accounts and other medical
costs and are offered a number of worthwhile benefits, including
wellness seminars and workshops, group fitness events, lunch
programs, and the use of fitness facilities; and
WHEREAS, To enhance the program's prospects for success, the
City of Irving has dedicated staff to ensure the IWIN program
realizes its goals and enhances the lives of all City of Irving
employees; and
WHEREAS, A proactive and beneficial example of municipal
innovation, the IWIN program will improve the health of
participants, decrease medical costs, and help employees to meet
their full productive potential; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby commend the City of Irving for its Irving
Wellness Incentive Now program and extend sincere best wishes for
continued success to all those associated with the initiative.
Harper-Brown
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 923 was adopted by the House on March
26, 2009, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House