STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3514

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 538, 539, 541, 542, 601, 602

 

 

 

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. 538, 539, 541, 542, 601, and 602, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Statewide Health Coordinating Council

 

G.M. No. 538

ELAINE SLAVINSKY,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016;

 

G.M. No. 539

EMMET WHITE,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015;

 

G.M. No. 541

THOMAS SCOTT GALLACHER,

for a term to expire 6-30-2014;

 

G.M. No. 542

BONNIE LEE PANG,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015;

 

G.M. No. 601

FREDERICK ROHLFING,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016; and

 

G.M. No. 602

JILL MIYAMURA,

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 Elaine Slavinsky, Emmet White, Thomas Scott Gallacher, Bonnie Lee Pang, Frederick Rohlfing, and Jill Miyamura to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council.

 

ELAINE SLAVINSKY

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Elaine Slavinsky from the Department of Health.

 

     Ms. Slavinsky is a registered nurse and is currently working with the County of Maui, Office on Aging and completing her eighth year as a member of the Health Planning Council, Tri-Isle Subarea.  She served previously as Program Coordinator for the Alzheimer's Association – Aloha Chapter on Maui; Clinical Director of Hospice Maui, Inc.; and Director of Nursing at Maui Memorial Medical Center.  Ms. Slavinsky has a Bachelor's degree in political science and Master's degrees in educational administration as well as public health.  She has been in various health care positions for more than thirty-five years on three different islands in the State and was named the Hawaii Nurse of the Year in 2001.

 

EMMET WHITE

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Emmet White from the Department of Health and three individuals.

 

     Mr. White has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Arcadia Retirement Residence for over sixteen years.  As a licensed nursing home administrator and assisted living administrator, Mr. White is also the present Chair of the Hawaii Long Term Care Association and has served on the Health Planning Council, Honolulu Subarea, for the past eight years.  Prior to his current position, Mr. White practiced law in Honolulu for twenty-three years.  Mr. White has provided a wealth of information regarding senior living and the challenges that come with aging and will continue to do so as part of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council.

 

THOMAS SCOTT GALLACHER

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Thomas Gallacher from the Department of Health and four individuals.

 

     Dr. Gallacher is the Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit and Assistant Chief of Medicine at The Queen's Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, among other things.  He has also received numerous awards, including The Queen's Medical Center's Ke Kauka Pookela in 2006, which recognizes the Physician of the Year.  Dr. Gallacher is committed to making health more accessible, especially for Native Hawaiians.  With the support of The Queen's Medical Center, he has set up a pulmonary and sleep clinic on Molokai to service the predominantly Native Hawaiian population and a tele-medicine program that links physicians with patients in Molokai.

 

BONNIE LEE PANG

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Bonnie Lee Pang from the Department of Health and four individuals.

 

     Ms. Pang is Benefit Consulting Manager at Atlas Insurance Agency, Inc., and was previously a Market Business Leader and Principal for Mercer Health & Benefits LLC; Accounts Manager for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.; and Presentation and Communications Coordinator for HMSA BSH, Inc.  Over seventeen years in the insurance industry has allowed her to foster many professional relationships with the various organizations and businesses in the State for which health care is a concern.  Ms. Pang has previously served as a member of the Health Planning Council, Windward Oahu Subarea.

 

FREDERICK ROHLFING

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Frederick Rohlfing from the Department of Health. 

 

     Mr. Rohlfing is a retired lawyer and a former member of the Hawaii State Legislature.  His career history includes work as the Minority Floor Leader and Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Minority Policy Leader during his term as a Senator, private and public legal practice, federal Magistrate Judge for the County of Maui, and Senior Naval Intelligence Officer for thirty-six years.  Mr. Rohlfing served a previous four-year term on the Health Planning Council.

 


JILL MIYAMURA

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Jill Miyamura from the Department of Health.

 

     Dr. Miyamura is the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Hawaii Health Information Corporation and is responsible for corporate operations and product development.  Her previous employment includes work as the Director of Clinical Outcomes and Research, Manager of Quality Management at Straub Clinic & Hospital, and Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii's Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition.  With over twenty years of work in Hawaii's health care industry, Dr. Miyamura will be a valuable asset to the Council.

 

     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