STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3510

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  GOV. MSG. NO. 237
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred Governor's Message No. 237, submitting for study and
consideration the nomination of:

STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING COUNCIL

     G.M. No. 237       GARRETT TOGUCHI, for a term to expire
                        June 30, 2001, and

                        BARBARA FISCHLOWITZ-LEONG, RANDALL
                        LICHTER, and MARK T. OBATAKE for terms to
                        expire June 30, 2003,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Upon review of the background information submitted by each
nominee, your Committee finds that each of the nominees are
qualified to serve in the positions to which they are nominated.
Your Committee further finds that the nominees are being
appointed based on their professional credentials, integrity, and
a desire for public service, and that they possess skills,
abilities, and experiences that are assets.

     Your Committee specifically notes the following upon the
information and resumes submitted by the nominees:

     Garrett Toguchi is Executive Director of The Arc in Hawaii
and a member of the Hawaii State Board of Education.  He has been
a researcher for the Lieutenant Governor and a budget analyst for
the Senate Committee on Judiciary.  His community service

 
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activities include being the current Director of the Japanese
American Citizens League and serving on the Governor's Okinawan
Centennial Celebration Commission.

     Barbara Fischlowitz-Leong is being reappointed.  She is the
Director of the Hawaii Assistive Technology Training and Services
Project (HATTS).  She has been a planner for community services
for the Department of Health, Developmental Disabilities
Division.  She has held numerous positions in many community
service organizations, mostly relating to disability services.

     Testimony in opposition to Ms. Frischlowitz-Leong was
received from a private individual.

     Randall Lichter is being reappointed.  He coaches youth
sports and is a volunteer at Queen's Medical Center.  He has
served on the Beach Access Task Force and the Technical Advisory
Board Group for MedQUEST.  From 1983 to 1992, he worked for W.H.
Fiddler.

     Mark T. Obatake is being reappointed.  He is a consultant
with the Equality Access LLC, providing consulting services to
private non-profit and for-profit business and government
agencies to address a comprehensive array of disability issues.
He is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Brigham Young
University - Hawaii Campus and Executive Director of the Hawaii
Centers for Independent Living.  His community service activities
include numerous positions in various community service
organizations, including the Queen Emma Foundation, Goodwill
Industries of Hawaii, Aloha United Way Council of Agency
Executives, Governor's Commission on Persons with Disabilities,
and Affordable Housing Alliance.

     Testimony in support of all nominees was received from the
Department of Human Services.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee, after full consideration of the
background, character, 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.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



                                   ______________________________
                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair


 
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