STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1616

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 743

 

 

 

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. 743, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Health Planning Council, Tri-Isle Subarea

 

G.M. No. 743

MARTHA TURNER,

for a term to expire 6-30-2017,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Martha Turner to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Health Planning Council, Tri-Isle Subarea.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Ms. Turner from the Department of Health.

 

     Your Committee notes that Ms. Turner has approximately forty years of experience in nursing, home health services, and nursing services management.  Since 2009, Ms. Turner has served as the Manager of the Kaiser Permanente Wailuku Clinic and as the Manager of Nursing Services for the Wailuku and Maui Lani Clinics.  Her duties include overseeing the operations of the medical clinic and ambulatory surgery center, including staffing oversight of forty-five physicians and seventy-nine nursing staff at the Wailuku Clinic and fifty-five nursing staff at the Maui Lani Clinic.

 

     Your Committee notes that Ms. Turner has demonstrated significant dedication to public service, as evidenced by her exemplary service as a Registered Nurse and Manager of Nursing Services for approximately forty years.  Additionally, Ms. Turner established a Home Health Agency for Kaiser Permanente on Maui.  Your Committee finds that Ms. Turner has been appointed to the Health Planning Council, Tri-Isle Subarea, based on her knowledge, professional experience, and commitment to public service.

 

     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