STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1949

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 525

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 525, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Hawai‘i Service Area Board

G.M. No. 525

KU‘ULEI A. KILIONA, for a term to expire 6-30-2011,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Upon review of the testimonies and statement submitted by the nominee, your Committee finds that Ku‘ulei A. Kiliona has the necessary character, experience, and qualifications to serve on the Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Hawai‘i Service Area Board.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Ku‘ulei A. Kiliona from the Department of Health, the Volcano Health Collaborative Board, and seven individuals.

     Ku‘ulei A. Kiliona is currently a member of the Hawai‘i Service Area Board and represents the Board on the State Council of Mental Health through dual membership.  As Vice President of the Hawai‘i Service Area Board, Ms. Kiliona takes a proactive role in Board activities.  She has a Bachelors degree in Communication Studies and Interpersonal Communications from California State College and has taken graduate courses in law and psychology.  Ms. Kiliona has worked in public relations, as a paralegal, in broadcast journalism, and as a mental health advocate for the past sixteen years.

     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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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair