STAND. COM. REP. NO. 898

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 546

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 546, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Health Planning Council, Hawai'i County Subarea

G.M. No. 546

DAVID KOPEC, for a term to expire 6-30-2016,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history and statement submitted by the nominee and finds David Kopec to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Health Planning Council, Hawaii County Subarea.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of David Kopec from the Department of Health and one individual.

     Dr. Kopec has a Doctorate in Environmental Psychology, Master's degrees in Architecture and Community Psychology, and a Bachelor's degree in Community Health.  He served as a Visiting Lecturer at Virginia Commonwealth University's Doha Campus in Qatar and as a Visiting Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's School of Architecture and Department of Public Health Studies.  Dr. Kopec has also written and published two textbooks.

     Dr. Kopec indicated that his interest in serving on the Health Planning Council, Hawaii County Subarea, is related to issues and concerns of equal access to and within existing and new building stock.  These issues and concerns include aging in place, Universal Design, and accommodations for illnesses or disorders such as asthma, allergies, autism, and assorted sensory-motor deficits.

     Your Committee finds that Dr. Kopec's academic experience will be a great asset to the 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, Chair