STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1522

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 582

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 582, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Board of Health

 

G.M. No. 582

ROGER B. MCKEAGUE,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Upon review of the statement submitted by the nominee, your Committee finds that the aforementioned nominee will work with compassion and commitment to assist in administering the functions related to health for the people of Hawaii.  Your Committee further finds that the nominee has been appointed based on his credentials, integrity, and a desire to make Hawaii better through his participation on the Board of Health to which he has been nominated.

 

     Your Committee received testimony supporting the nomination of Roger B. McKeague from the Department of Health.

 

     Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Mr. McKeague currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Health.  He has extensive experience in both public administration and private business operations.  He has been a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association since 1994.  He currently works with the Hawaii Charter School Administrative Office.  Mr. McKeague has been an active member of the Board since 2004 and brings issues relating to student health and education to the attention of the Department of Health.

 

     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