STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3508

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 716, 717, 719, 720

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 716, 717, 719, and 720, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Health Planning Council, West Oahu Subarea

 

G.M. No. 716

NANCY FRAZIER,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016;

 

G.M. No. 717

ROBERT LUMAS,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015;

 

G.M. No. 719

JILL TAMASHIRO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015; and

 

G.M. No. 720

LESLIE TANOUE,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, resumes, and statements submitted by the nominees and finds Nancy Frazier, Robert Lumas, Jill Tamashiro, and Leslie Tanoue to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Health Planning Council, West Oahu Subarea.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Nancy Frazier from the Department of Health and five individuals.

 

     Ms. Frazier is a Parish Nurse with over thirty years of experience who currently works at St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii and serves to conduct community outreach with a focus on teaching children healthy habits and diabetes prevention.  She has also made health presentations; arranged for classes and clinics on topics including hygiene, women's health, and healthy hearts; and was instrumental in the institution of a monthly post-mass blood pressure clinic at a local church.  Prior to this, she worked at Pacificare, a nonprofit HIV-AIDS service organization, and as a volunteer with Aloha Medical Mission.  Ms. Frazier has served on the council since 2009 and will continue to bolster and effectuate the council's goals.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Robert Lumas from the Department of Health.

 

     Mr. Lumas is a registered nurse who works as a Standardization Program Manager at Tripler Army Medical Center.  In addition to this, he works on-call as a Staff Nurse at the Pali Momi Medical Center and the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center and as a per diem Staff Nurse at various emergency departments.  Mr. Lumas has over twenty years of experience in health care, working for the military as a Patient Administration Specialist, at private hospitals and for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and as a Staff Nurse and a Nurse Manager in Hawaii and American Samoa.  His various positions and work-related travels have exposed him to the various cultural and socioeconomic challenges that patients and health care providers face together.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Jill Tamashiro from the Department of Health and two individuals.

 

     Ms. Tamashiro has a Master's degree in public health and is a Program Specialist with the Department of Health's Chronic Disease Management and Control Branch.  Ms. Tamashiro has also worked as an Education Specialist at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Occupational Therapist at The Queen's Medical Center, and most recently as the Early Intervention Program Coordinator for the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii, where she arranged the foundation's efforts to conduct free comprehensive health screenings and learned much about state regulations relating to the delivery of health services and community health needs. 

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Leslie Tanoue from the Department of Health.

 

     Ms. Tanoue works for Alu Like, Inc., and is the Interim Director of the Hookahua Department, which provides services to families with young children, and the Kulia Like Department, which provides information and referral services to support financial literacy.  She has a Master's degree in public health, training in gerontology, and serves on the Department of Health's Healthy Aging Partnership.  Ms. Tanoue also currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Health Planning Council, West Oahu Subarea.

 

     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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JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair