STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1446

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 341

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. 341, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

Health Planning Council, TRI-ISLE Subarea

G.M. No. 341

VALERIE L. SIMONSEN ND, 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 health planning for the people of Maui county.  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 Health Planning Council, Maui County Subarea, to which she has been nominated.

     Your Committee received testimony supporting the nomination of Dr. Valerie L. Simonsen from the Department of Health.

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

     Dr. Simonsen is a licensed naturopathic physician and received her doctorate in naturopathic medicine from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon.  For many years she has served the Maui community with complementary medicine and has been an active and contributing member of the Tri-Isle Subarea Health Planning Council for four 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