STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3523

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 701

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 No. 701, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Health Planning Council, Honolulu Subarea

G.M. No. 701

KEITH LEE, for a term to expire 6-30-2015,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Keith Lee to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Health Planning Council, Honolulu Subarea.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Keith Lee from the Department of Health and eleven individuals.

     Mr. Lee is the Principal of Lee Law Office, a Limited Liability Law Company that specializes in the issues and concerns that surround the provision of health care services.  He has also served as Legal Counsel to HMSA BSH, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and has over twenty-five years of experience in working with the law.  Mr. Lee has been an active, conscientious, and valuable member of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council and the Health Planning Council, Honolulu Subarea, for the past four years, and his continued service will be a great asset to the deliberations of this Council.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair