Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 238 and 239, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of:

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, résumés, and statements submitted by the nominees, and finds the nominees to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the Health Planning Council, West Oahu Subarea.

Testimony in support of JOYCE M. O'BRIEN was received from the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Joyce M. O'Brien is the Associate Director for the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC). She obtained her Bachelors degree in sociology from West Oahu College and her Masters degree in public health from the University of Hawaii. She has also served as WCCHC's Health Education Director and HIV Project Coordinator. Her community activities include Waianae Coast Coalition, Ke Ola Mamo, and Waianae Coast Day Care Center. The nominee has been a member of the Health Planning Council, West Oahu Subarea since 1999.

Testimony in support of INAM UR RAHMAN, MD was received from the State Health Planning and Development Agency, Hawaii Medical Association, and Royal Kiawe, Inc. Dr. Inam Ur Rahman is an internal medicine physician in private practice in Honolulu and Ewa Beach. He obtained his Masters of Business from Hawaii Pacific University, his Masters in Science from Harvard University and New York Medical College, and his Medical degree from the Universidad Mundial Dominicana in the Dominican Republic. He received his formal training in internal and nuclear medicine at the University of Hawaii, John Burns School of Medicine and Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. The nominee is founder of the Diabetes Clinic and the incoming president of the Hawaii Medical Association. He is also the host of a weekly radio program "Healers of the New Millennium".

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 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.