STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3616

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, and 395, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

State Council on Mental Health

 

G.M. No. 387

BELINDA A. ANDERSON,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012;

 

G.M. No. 388

ALAN BUFFENSTEIN MD,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012;

 

G.M. No. 389

ARTHUR THOMAS CABATBAT,

for a term to expire 6-30-2010;

 

G.M. No. 390

LIESJE CATTANEO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012;

 

G.M. No. 391

RANDOLPH C. HACK,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012;

 

G.M. No. 392

DONNA DARLENE HANSEN,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012;

 

G.M. No. 393

KUULEI A. KILIONA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012;

 

G.M. No. 394

CANDACE M. SANDAL,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012; and

 

G.M. No. 395

G. NOELANI WILCOX,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Upon review of the statements submitted by the nominees, your Committee finds that the aforementioned nominees will work with compassion and commitment to assist in administering the government functions related to services for individuals with mental illness or emotional problems.  Your Committee further finds that the nominees have been appointed based upon their credentials, integrity, and a desire to make Hawaii better through their participation on the State Council on Mental Health to which they have been nominated.

 

     Your Committee received testimony supporting the nomination of each of these individuals from the Department of Health.  Your Committee received additional testimony from two individuals supporting the nomination of Liesje Cattaneo, from NAMI Hawaii and one individual supporting the nomination of Randolph Hack, from four individuals supporting the nomination of Donna Hansen, and from one individual supporting the nomination of Kuulei Kiliona.

 

     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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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair