H.R. No. 912
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Larry Feeler, founder and CEO of WorkSTEPS, has been
named the 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Odessa Chamber of
Commerce; and
WHEREAS, WorkSTEPS is a functional employee testing company
with the goal of reducing work-related injuries, and their
associated costs, for employers; using proprietary tests to
determine the overall fitness of employment candidates to perform
essential job functions, WorkSTEPS helps employers better match
workers' strengths to their jobs in order to create a safer
workplace; Mr. Feeler devised the tests as a solution to the rising
workers' compensation claims that his father's pipeline
construction company was facing; in the first year of testing his
father's new employees, injuries and costs were reduced by more
than 60 percent, and the company saved three quarters of a million
dollars; Mr. Feeler formally incorporated WorkSTEPS in 1994; and
WHEREAS, Since then, it has become one of the largest
functional employee testing companies in the United States,
administering tests through a network of more than 700
rehabilitation service providers; the company has expanded over the
years to include post-injury testing programs, as well as other
services to help corporations contain and control costs related to
employment and work-related environments; WorkSTEPS is further
distinguished by its fund-raising efforts in behalf of such
nonprofit organizations as the March of Dimes, the National Amputee
Golf Association, Mission of Hope Haiti, and Wounded Warriors; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Feeler holds a degree from The University of
Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and, in addition to his success in
the area of workplace health, he is a licensed physical therapist
who owns one of the largest private practice physical therapy
clinics in the country; and
WHEREAS, Dynamic and creative entrepreneurs play a vital role
in the future of Texas, and this award justly recognizes Larry
Feeler's outstanding contributions to his community and beyond;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Larry Feeler on being named the
2011 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Odessa Chamber of Commerce and
extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success and
happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Feeler as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Lewis
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 912 was adopted by the House on March
30, 2011, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House