STAND. COM. REP. NO. 757

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1504
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 1504 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY
     MEDICAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make appropriations for
emergency medical services.

     Specifically, the bill appropriates funds for the Makakilo-
Kapolei area, the Kahalu'u-Kaaawa area, and Nanakuli.  Your
Committee finds that these rural areas are underserved in regard
to emergency medical care.  It is critical to the health and
safety of the residents of these areas that emergency medical
services be made available.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by deleting the specific
amounts of the appropriations to promote future discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1504, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1504, S.D. 1.


 
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                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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