STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3595

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  GOV. MSG. NO. 304
                                        




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. 304, submitting for study and
consideration the nominations of:

STATE COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH

     G.M. No. 304       PAULINE D. ARELLANO, VICKY M. FOLLOWELL,
                        and ALBERT HAUOLA PEREZ, for terms to
                        expire June 30, 2001, and

                        SHARON P. YOTOKE, DEBRA T. FARMER,
                        SALLY J. CROVO, JAMES M. MIHALKE,
                        WILLIAM C. LENNOX, Jr., HOWARD A. LESSER,
                        LONIA BURROUGHS, GORDON M. BRONSON, and
                        SHARON ROSE NOBRIGA, 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.

     Pauline D. Arellano is a full-time caregiver.  She has been
a volunteer with the Haleiwa Psychosocial Rehab Center.


 
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     Testimony in support of Ms. Arellano was received from the
Central Oahu Community Mental Health Center Branch.

     Vicky M. Followell is Co-Executive Director of Hawaii
Families as Allies.  She has been a case manager for the Waianae
Coast Community Health Center, home visitor for Kupulani
(Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate), parent educator for Child and
Family Service, and parent involvement/nurse assistant for
Parents and Children Together.

     Albert Hauola Perez is a vocational rehabilitation
supervisor with the Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the
Department of Human Services.  

     Sharon P. Yokote is a consultant in community resources and
advocacy.  She has worked for the Office of the Lieutenant
Governor as a researcher in elections and legislation.  She is
currently a member of the Hawaii State Hospital Patient
Protection Committee, State Planning Council on Mental Health,
Mental Health Association in Hawaii, Equal Insurance Coalition,
MedQUEST Roundtable, and Protection and Advocacy Agency of
Hawaii, Inc.  She has been with the The Very Big Sandwich Group
of Mental Health Consumers.

     Debra T. Farmer is a special education administrator for the
Department of Education.  She has worked on the Felix Response
Team for the DOE.  She is on the School Board of Cathedral
School.

     Sally J. Crovo is a parent and most recently worked with the
Hyatt Hotel on Maui for a School Based Day Treatment facility for
high need children under twelve in West Maui.  She has worked on
fundraising for HUGS (terminally ill children and family
services), Honolulu Theater for Youth, and Hawaii Nature Center.
She is a member of the Children's Community Council of Central
Maui and National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

     James M. Mihalke is Director of the Hui Hana Pono Clubhouse
in Waianae.  He received the Mental Health Advocate Volunteer of
the Year Award in 1998 in Pittsburgh.  He is founder of the
Pittsburgh Recovery Center, serving the poor, homeless, and
mentally ill.

     William C. Lennox, Jr., is being reappointed.  He is a
social worker for the YWCA of Kauai, working with the mentally
ill.  He is also resident manager for the Steadfast Housing
Development Corporation, at a group home for the mentally ill.
He is member of the Kauai Area Service Board for Mental Health

 
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Substance Abuse.  He has been with United Self Help as a program
specialist in the consumer/family collaboration project.

     Howard A. Lesser is being reappointed.  He is Deputy
Director of the Hawaii Center for Independent Living.  He has
been Director of Rehabilitation for Goodwill Industries of
Honolulu, case advocate for the Protection and Advocacy Agency of
Hawaii, program specialist for the Developmental Disabilities
Council, and Executive Director of the Autistic Vocational
Education Center.  He is the Chair of the Hawaii State Planning
Council on Mental Health.

     Lonia Burroughs is a housewife.  She has been with the
Koolauloa Community Childrens Council as Parent Co-Chair, State
Community Children's Council, and Windward Family Guidance Center
as its Chief.

     Gordon M. Bronson is a researcher and writer.  He most
recently was engaged in the practice of law in Hawaii.  He is a
certified trainer for Building Recovery in Individual Dreams and
Goals Through Education and Support, a Board Member of United
Self-Help, member of the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill,
and on the Advisory Board of the Honolulu Clubhouse.   He has
been with the Mental Health Association.

     Testimony in support of Mr. Bronson was received from the
Oahu Community Mental Health Center (Rehabilitation Section and
Honolulu Clubhouse) and Mental Health Association in Hawaii.

     Sharon Rose Nobriga is Co-Executive Director of Hawaii
Families as Allies.  She has been a case manager for the Waianae
Coast Comprehensive Mental Health Center and an outreach worker
for Child and Family Service.

     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
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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