Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2904, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to assist the residents of the Waianae Coast by appropriating funds as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu for a second ambulance to service the area.

The Department of Health (DOH), Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, American Medical Response, and a concerned citizen testified in support of this measure.

DOH recognizes Waianae as the highest priority of four areas identified as being in need of additional ambulance service. Currently, only one ambulance services a community consisting of over 40,000 residents. There can be up to a 40-minute wait for another ambulance when the Waianae unit is out on a call.

Your Committee recommends that the second ambulance be located in Nanakuli.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2904, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.