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Jose “Pepe” Armas
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Jose "Pepe" Armas is a Florida physician and healthcare executive who, as of June 2017, was the chairman of the MCCI Group. In March 2017, Armas was appointed to the Florida Constitution Revision Commission, a 37-member commission that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution.[1]
Career
Dr. Jose "Pepe" Armas earned a medical degree from Universidad Catolica in the Dominican Republic in 1982. He completed his post graduate work in 1985, having trained at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida and St. Barnabas Hospital in New York.[1][2]
From 1993 to 1998, Armas served as an associate medical director for Humana. He was also a senior vice president at Coastal Physician Group.[2]
In 1998, Armas founded the MCCI Group, a group of primary care physicians and specialists.[1][3] The group is based in Miami, Florida and has medical centers in Florida, Texas, and Georgia.[4]
In addition to the MCCI Group, Armas has been associated with a number of businesses in the healthcare industry. Below is a list of businesses owned, managed, or founded by Armas.[2][5]
- Armor Correctional Health Services, President and Founder
- Gold Star Medical Management
- MainStream Capital
- Primary Care Associates of North Palm Beach
Florida Constitution Revision Commission
In March 2017, Armas was appointed to the Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) by Florida Governor Rick Scott, a Republican.[1]
The Florida Constitution Revision Commission is a 37-member commission provided for in the state constitution that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution.[6] The CRC refers constitutional amendments directly to the ballot for a public vote.[7] The commission convenes every 20 years.[6] Members of the commission travel to different parts of Florida to perform research and receive public testimony before recommending these ballot measures.[8]
The Constitution Revision Commission of 2017-2018 was composed of 37 members. Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, appointed 15 members of the CRC. President of the Florida Senate, Joe Negron (R), appointed nine members. Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Richard Corcoran (R) appointed nine members. Jorge Labarga, chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, appointed three members.[9]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Office of Governor Rick Scott, "Governor Rick Scott Appoints Members to Florida Constitution Revision Commission," accessed June 2, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bloomberg, "Jose Armas, M.D." accessed June 2, 2017
- ↑ MCCI Group, "Who We Are," accessed June 2, 2017
- ↑ Bloomberg, "Company Overview of MCCI Group Holdings, LLC," accessed June 2, 2017
- ↑ Armor Correctional Health Services, "Leadership," accessed June 2, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Florida Legislature, "The Florida Constitution," accessed May 2, 2017
- ↑ D'Alemberte, T. (2016). The Florida State Constitution. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Holland & Knight, "Anna Marie Hernandez Gamez Appointed to Florida's Constitution Revision Commission," accessed May 23, 2017
- ↑ Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 2017-2018, "Commissioners," accessed May 2, 2017
