STAND. COM. REP. NO. 454

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1504
                                        




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, 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 measure is to make appropriations for
emergency medical services for the City and County of Honolulu.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Health (DOH), Emergency Services
Department of the City and County of Honolulu (EMS), three
members of the City Council of the City and County of Honolulu
and one private citizen.

     The City and County of Honolulu operates an emergency
services system under contract with the DOH.  According to EMS,
the areas identified in this measure need additional emergency
medical resources to take care of high rates of motor vehicle
crashes, medical emergencies, and other trauma.  Your Committee
finds that rapid development and increased population in the
Makakilo-Kapolei and Kahaluu-Kaaawa areas of the City and County
of Honolulu, coupled with the limited existing ambulance services
to these areas, necessitate that the State provide funds to
increase emergency medical services for these areas.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this

 
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report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 1504 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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