GM597 SSCR3603

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3603

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: GOV. MSG. NOS. 596, 597, 598

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. 596, 597, and 598, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of:

State Council on Mental Health

G.M. No. 596

MAILE M. DAGUIO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012;

G.M. No. 597

GORDON M. DURANT,

for a term to expire 6-30-2010; and

G.M. No. 598

CAROL ANN YOUNG,

for a term to expire 6-30-2011,

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 mental health services. 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 supporting the nomination of Gordon M. Durant from NAMI Hawaii. Additional testimony supporting the nomination of Carol Ann Young was received from the Department of Human Services Vocational Rehabilitation Services for the Blind Division, the Disability and Communication Access Board, the Pacific Basin Rehabilitation Research and Training Center of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, and one individual.

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