STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3819

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: GOV. MSG. NO. 463

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 463, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

Health Planning Council, Hawai'i County Subarea

G.M. No. 463

GAIL M. WALKER,

for a term to expire 6-30-2008,

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee received testimony in support of GAIL M. WALKER from the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the President of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union, a Kaiser Permanente Clinic Manager for the Neighbor Islands, and a Kaiser Permanente Senior Planning Analyst. Ms. Walker is a registered nurse and Kaiser Permanente Clinic Manager for the Hilo Clinic. She is a graduate of the Kaiser Foundation School of Nursing. Ms. Walker has over twenty years of health care experience, including as Executive Director of the Hamakua Health Center, Director of Nursing at Kapi`olani Medical Center for Women and Children, Nursing Supervisor at Human Hospital, and as a staff nurse. She was involved with the development of the Hamakua Health Center Project and is a recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Community Leadership Award and the Weinburg Foundation Aim for Excellent Award. Ms. Walker has served her community in other ways as well, including her work with the East Hawaii Coalition for Homeless and the Hawaii Island Adult Day Care. Her experience and dedication to her community make her well qualified for membership on the Health Planning Council, Hawai`i County Subarea.

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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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair