STAND. COM. REP. NO. 888

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 255

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 255, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

State Board of Nursing

 

G.M. No. 255

JAMES S. HOBAN JR.,

for a term to expire 6-30-2012,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this nominee from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the Healthcare Association of Hawaii.  Your Committee also received a personal statement and curriculum vitae from the nominee.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Upon review of the testimony, your Committee finds that the nominee has served diligently and unselfishly as an interim appointee to the Board of Nursing since July 1, 2008.  Your Committee notes that the nominee is a co-owner and Chief Financial Officer of a Medicare-certified home health agency which gives him insight into both the financial and service-provision aspects of nursing and health care.  Your Committee further finds that this nominee has been appointed based on his qualifications, experience, and commitment to public service. 

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection 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 Commerce and Consumer Protection,

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair