STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1437

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 326

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 326, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

State Council on Mental Health

G.M. No. 326

ALVA K.O. KANEAIAKALA, for a term to expire 6-30-2013,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Upon review of the statement submitted by the nominee, your Committee finds that the aforementioned nominee will work with compassion and commitment to assist in administering the functions related to mental for the people of Hawaii.  Your Committee further finds that the nominee has been appointed based on her credentials, integrity, and a desire to make Hawaii better through her participation on the State Council on Mental Health to which she has been nominated.

     Your Committee received testimony supporting the nomination of Alva K.O. Kaneaiakala from the Department of Health.

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Currently, serving in her first term as a member of the State Council on Mental Health, Alva K.O. Kaneaiakala fulfills the requirement for a family representative on the Council.  As a retired Registered Nurse previously employed in hospitals in Hawaii and on the mainland, and the mother of two sons with severe and persistent mental illness, Ms. Kaneaiakala brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Council.  She is a valued member who has actively represented the mental health concerns of the West Hawaii locale in which she resides.

     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