STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3592

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  GOV. MSG. NO. 279
                                        




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. 279, submitting for study and
consideration the nomination of:

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

     G.M. No. 279       DAVID WILLIAM MAY, for a term to expire
                        June 30, 2002;

                        TEOFILO PHIL TACBIAN, for a term to
                        expire June 30, 2003; and

                        PATRICIA S. JONES, DOUG CONNORS, Ed.D.,
                        ANGELA M. TEXEIRA, CATHY STEVENS,
                        JOSEPH W. TURBAN, M.D., and MILTON C.
                        MARTIN, for terms to expire June 30,
                        2004, 

begs leave to report as follows:

     Upon review of the background information submitted by the
nominees, your Committee finds that the nominees are qualified to
serve in the positions to which they have been 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.


 
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     David William May is a registered nurse at Maui Memorial
Hospital emergency room, and Maui County Supervisor for Hawaii
Air Ambulance.  

     Teofilo Phil Tacbian is General Manager for Kalapaki Bay
Memorial Park and part-time Assistant Manager for the Hyatt
Regency Kauai.  He is past President of the Kauai Jaycees.  He
has served on the Land Use Commission.

     Patricia S. Jones is an emergency medical technician
(paramedic) for the City and County of Honolulu and a licensed
practical nurse.  She has been an advanced cardiac life support
instructor and has volunteered with numerous community
organizations.

     Doug Connors, Ed.D., teaches office software as an
independent contractor on the Big Island.  He is Secretary for
the Hawaii Island Rural Health Association, and he established
the Emergency Response Academy.  He has been the Director of the
Laupahoehoe Telework/Teleservice Center.

     Angela M. Texeira is Housing Manager for Hale Mahaolu.  She
participates in numerous community service projects.  

     Cathy Stevens is with the Hawaii Police Department as SANE
program coordinator and a part-time registered nurse at Hilo
Medical Center emergency room.

     Joseph W. Turban, M.D., is with Wahiawa General Hospital and
the Hawaii Emergency Physicians Association, Inc.  He is a member
of the American College of Emergency Physicians and Society of
Academic Emergency Medicine.

     Milton C. Martin is an emergency medical technician with
American Medical Response.  He is President of Medical Education
and Consultation Services, Inc., and a distributor of automated
external defribrillators.  He conducts various free training
classes for Kula Hospital, Maui Memorial Medical Center,
Association for Retarded Citizens, and Imua Rehab.

     Testimony in support of the nominees was received from the
Department of Health.

     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

 
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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 and Human
                                   Services,



                                   ______________________________
                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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