STAND. COM. REP. 2879

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: GOV. MSG. NO. 198

 

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 198, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

Hawai`i Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances

G.M. No. 198

GARY L. BLAICH, MD,

for a term to expire 06-30-07,

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, résumé, and statements submitted by the nominee, and finds the nominee to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed to the position of nomination.

Testimony in support of this nominee was received from the Department of Health.

Gary L. Blaich holds a MD degree and is board certified in neurology and psychiatry. He currently is in private practice on Kauai, but has previously served as director of the psychiatric unit at Mahelona Hospital, as a consultant to the Kauai Community Mental Health Center, and as a clinician with the Diamond Head Community Mental Health Center. Dr. Blaich is also an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii.

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