STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2830

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 218

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 218, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

State Council on Mental Health

G.M. No. 218

GORDON M. DURANT, for a term to expire 6-30-2014,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee, and finds Gordon M. Durant to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the State Council on Mental Health.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Gordon M. Durant's nomination to the State Council on Mental Health from the Department of Health and one member of the State Council on Mental Health.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Gordon M. Durant has an impressive history of community service.  Before retiring from the Jorgensen Steel Company he was active in the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii and served as the president of the Manufactures Association.  Since his retirement Mr. Durant has served as the Director and Treasurer of Malama o Manoa and the Hawaiian Historic Society.  He is currently the Director and President of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Hawaii and is a member of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Oahu Service Area Board and the State Council on Mental Health.

     Your Committee finds that by appointing Gordon M. Durant to the State Council on Mental Health the Committee is adding a passionate and dedicated member who brings both personal and community experience to his position.  Your Committee wishes to commend Mr. Durant for his current service on the Council where he is finishing the four-year term of a former council member and to recognize his longstanding commitment to disability rights.

     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