STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3370

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 673, 674

 

 

 

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. 673 and 674, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Hawai'i Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled SubstanceS

 

G.M. No. 673

DALLEN PALEKA,

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

 

G.M. No. 674

JAMIE TOMITA,

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 Dallen Paleka and Jamie Tomita to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Hawaii Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Dallen Paleka from the Department of Health.

 

Mr. Paleka has been working for the Department of Public Safety since September 1988.  He has served as a Sergeant, Watch Lieutenant, and Watch Commander, and is currently the Operations Captain.  He has worked closely with the substance abuse program directors and has gained much insight into issues of concern.  Mr. Paleka also has experience auditing mainland prisons, which included reviewing the prison's substance abuse programs.  Furthermore, Mr. Paleka has undergone hundreds of hours of corrections-related training and is well prepared to bring the corrections perspective to the commission, on which he has already served a four-year term.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Jamie Tomita from the Department of Public Safety and Department of Health.

 

     Ms. Tomita is a licensed pharmacist working for Longs Drugs and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Oregon State University.  As a student, Ms. Tomita participated in experimental clerkships in community pharmacy, ambulatory care, internal medicine, hospital and health systems, community management, medically underserved communities, and inpatient pharmacy.  Ms. Tomita was also the "face and voice" of Longs Drugs' efforts in the Hawaii Drug Take-Back Program, and in doing so, she gained familiarity with the reality of drug abuse and the negative impact it has upon the community. 

 

     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