STAND. COM. REP. NO. 762

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 895
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
895, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the timely transport
of seriously ill and injured persons by:

     (1)  Permitting the Department of Health (DOH) to integrate
          emergency aeromedical services into statewide emergency
          medical services; and

     (2)  Establishing an Emergency Aeromedical Information
          System and a Quality Improvement Advisory Committee.

     DOH, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and Hawaii Health
Systems Corporation testified in support of this measure.  One
individual submitted testimony in support of the intent of this
measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
895, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 895, H.D. 2.

 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair