STAND. COM. REP. NO. 897

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 639

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 639, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

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

 

G.M. No. 639

SHEILA CALCAGNO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Sheila Calcagno to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Kauai Service Area Board.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Sheila Calcagno from the Department of Health.

 

     Ms. Calcagno is an outreach worker for substance abuse and has over twelve years of experience in the areas of HIV prevention and strengthening families against drug abuse.  Since 2009, Ms. Calcagno has been very involved in providing valuable information to the Kauai Service Area Board on behalf of adults, children, and adolescents living with mental illness and substance abuse challenges.

 

     Your Committee finds that Ms. Calcagno's past experiences, as well as her continuing commitment to issues relating to mental health and substance abuse, will be great assets to the Board.

 

     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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JOSH GREEN, Chair