STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1656

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 700

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

Health Planning Council, West O'ahu Subarea

G.M. No. 700

ANDREW ANCHETA, for a term to expire 6-30-2017,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history and resume submitted by the nominee and finds Andrew Ancheta to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Health Planning Council, West Oahu Subarea.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Andrew Ancheta from the Department of Health and one individual.

     Mr. Ancheta received Master of Public Health and Bachelor of Arts in Zoology degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  He received training as an Emergency Medical Technician from The Queen's Medical Center.

     Mr. Ancheta currently works for American Medical Response as the Operations Manager for Oahu, where he oversees the Communication Center.  Mr. Ancheta previously served as a Clinical Research Coordinator for Radiant Research.

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Ancheta's more than twenty-five years of experience in the emergency medical services industry will be an asset to the Health Planning Council, West Oahu Subarea.

     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