STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3599

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 584, 585, 586

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. 584, 585, and 586, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

State Council on Developmental Disabilities

G.M. No. 584	APRIL M. MIRA, for a term to expire 6-30-2012;
G.M. No. 585	THERESA M. OCTAVIO, for a term to expire 6-30-2012; and
G.M. No. 586	PAMELA LOUISE RICE, 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 developmental disabilities.  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 Developmental Disabilities to which they have been nominated.

     Your Committee received testimony supporting the nomination of each of these individuals from the State Council on Developmental Disabilities.

     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