STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3506

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 706, 707, 708, 709, 710

 

 

 

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. 706, 707, 708, 709, and 710, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Health Planning Council, Kaua‘i Subarea

 

G.M. No. 706

BRIAN CARTER,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015;

 

G.M. No. 707

CHARLOTTE CARVALHO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016;

 

G.M. No. 708

PIIKEA KEYES-SAIKI,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015;

 

G.M. No. 709

BETTY MOORE,

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

 

G.M. No. 710

DEANNA STARINIERI,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, resumes, and statements submitted by the nominees and finds Brian Carter, Charlotte Carvalho, Piikea Keyes-Saiki, Betty Moore, and Deanna Starinieri to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Health Planning Council, Kaua‘i Subarea.

 

BRIAN CARTER

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Brian Carter from the Department of Health and one individual.

 

     Mr. Carter is the Managing Pharmacist and Partner at Westside Pharmacy.  He is a proponent of living a healthy, active lifestyle as evidenced by his membership on the board of the Pu‘uwai Canoe Club as well as his position as Race Director for the TriKauai triathlon series.  Mr. Carter has an active interest in legislation relating to health, is active in the community, and is a supporter of preventive medicine.

 

CHARLOTTE CARVALHO

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Charlotte Carvalho from the Department of Health and three individuals.

 

     Ms. Carvalho is a Licensed Social Worker working in private practice to offer social work services for the elderly and the medically frail.  Prior to this, she served as a Medical Social Worker at The Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific and as a Medical Social Work Consultant to St. Francis Home Care in Kauai to provide case management to frail and elderly clients and to coordinate in-home services.  Given the knowledge she has gained regarding hospital organization, grants, planning, program review, fiscal feasibility, and other such factors over the course of her thirty-year career, Ms. Carvalho will be a very valuable asset to the Council.

 

PIIKEA KEYES-SAIKI

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Piikea Keyes-Saiki from the Department of Health and five individuals.

 

     Ms. Keyes-Saiki is the Physician Employment Officer for the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Kauai Region.  She has worked for over twenty-four years on Kauai and is familiar with the issues and challenges regarding the delivery of care on the island.  Ms. Keyes-Saiki has experience in public relations and marketing, occupational health program management, and physician and clinical staff recruitment and retention and has worked closely with physicians and leadership at both of the health care facilities on Kauai.

 

BETTY MOORE

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Betty Moore from the Department of Health.

 

     Ms. Moore is a retired Real Estate Agent who is very active in the community.  She has served on the Wilcox Foundation Board, Wilcox Auxiliary, and Sun Village Community Association, and with the County of Kauai, Agency on Elderly Affairs.  Ms. Moore has served a four-year term on the Council.

 

DEANNA STARINIERI

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Deanna Starinieri from the Department of Health.

 

     Ms. Starinieri is a nurse who retired from Liberty Dialysis in November 2011, but continues to serve in the same capacity in an interim position.  She has over forty years of experience as a nurse, of which twenty-two were spent working to provide dialysis services.  Ms. Starinieri previously served as a Nurse Manager, Patient Care Coordinator, and Facility Manager at various health care facilities.  She is also a certified healing touch practitioner and certified holistic nurse.

 

     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