STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3177

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 350

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

Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Hawai'i Service Area Board

G.M. No. 350

COLLEEN O'SULLIVAN, for a term to expire 6-30-2011,

begs leave to report as follows:

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Colleen O'Sullivan to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Hawai‘i Service Area Board.

     Testimony in support of Colleen O'Sullivan's nomination to the Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Hawai'i Service Area Board was received from the Department of Health and two individuals.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that Colleen O'Sullivan will bring over thirty years of nursing experience to this position.  Over the course of her career, Ms. O'Sullivan has worked in many nursing disciplines and with many different populations, including time spent as a general-surgical nurse, recovery room nurse, home health care supervisor, pediatric nurse, and with hospice.  In addition, Ms. O'Sullivan has extensive experience with mental health, having worked as a clinical nurse in an adolescent psychiatric in-patient unit, a Nurse Manager for an adult in-patient and day treatment psychiatric program at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, and Mental Health Care Coordinator for the Hawaii Department of Health.

     Your Committee further finds that Ms. O'Sullivan's experience will bring a child and family centered perspective to the Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Hawai'i Service Area Board and that her dedication, compassion, and tireless advocacy will make her a valuable new member.

     As affirmed by the records 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