Pasco County Schools and the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office have signed an agreement to share the school district’s health and wellness centers.
“We are very excited about the partnership’s potential and that we are able to expand this very cost-effective, convenient health care program to also benefit the sheriff’s employees,” Pasco superintendent Kurt Browning said, in a release.
The district is adding space to its Land O’ Lakes center and adding another center in Wesley Chapel to provide the extra space needed to accommodate the additional utilization of services by school district and sheriff’s office staff members.
As part of the start-up, the sheriff’s office will have providers and a separate schedule for its employees, to ensure there is enough appointment capacity to provide services.
The agreement benefits the sheriff’s office because it has access to the district’s health and wellness centers. The district benefits because it is able to share some of the fixed overhead costs associated with operating the centers.
The existing centers are in Land O’ Lakes, Dade City, Hudson and New Port Richey.
