STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1525

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 469, 470, 472, 528

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 469, 470, 472, and 528, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Statewide Health Coordinating Council

 

G.M. No. 469

JOHN J. BARNETT PHD,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013;

 

G.M. No. 470

JILL B. MIYAMURA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012;

 

G.M. No. 472

REBECCA S. WARD,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013; and

 

G.M. No. 528

ARTHUR Y. NISHIDA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Upon review of the statements submitted by the nominees, your Committee finds that the aforementioned nominees will work with compassion and commitment to assist in administering the functions related to health care for the people of Hawaii.  Your Committee further finds that the nominees have been appointed based on their credentials, integrity, and a desire to make Hawaii better through their participation on the Statewide Health Coordinating Council to which they have been nominated.

 

     Your Committee received testimony supporting the nomination of each of these individuals from the Department of Health.  Additional testimony was submitted by one individual supporting the nomination of John J. Barnett, by the Crime Victim Compensation Commission and one individual supporting the nomination of Rebecca S. Ward, and by four individuals supporting the nomination of Arthur Y. Nishida.

 

     John J. Barnett, of Barnett Consulting Group, LLC, is a management consultant for organization and business change.  His specialty is strategy development, implementation and restructuring of organizations.  He recently worked with former Mayor of Hawaii County, Harry Kim, as a catalyst in convening the Hawaii Health Care Task Force to address county health issues and forward strategies.  He is a Board Member of the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce.

 

     Jill B. Miyamura is Vice President of Hawaii Health Information Corporation which is responsible for the development of a statewide healthcare reporting system.  She is a current member of the Program Planning Committee of the National Association of Health Data Organizations and continues to serve on various work groups with the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Agency Healthcare Research and Quality, and the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

 

     Rebecca S. Ward is President of Ward Research, Inc., a market research firm.  Ward Research was recognized by the Pacific Business News as one of the Top 25 Women-Owned Businesses from 1999 to 2005.  Ms. Ward currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Girl Scout Council of Hawaii as well as the Board of Directors of the Aloha Council of Boy Scouts.  In addition, she is on the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and she is a member of the American Association of Public Opinion Research.

 

     Arthur Y. Nishida is a business agent with the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers since 2004.  He has served as a Metropolitan Police Officer with the Honolulu Police Department.  He started his career in the Police Department as a uniformed patrol officer, later worked in plainclothes capacity, and served as an investigator in the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney.

 

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair