Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 436 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the Department of Health (DOH) to provide a second ambulance unit to serve the Waianae Coast.

American Medical Response, the Emergency Medical Services Department of the City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu Paramedic Association, American Heart Association, the City Councilmember for Council District 1, and several concerned citizens testified in support of this measure. DOH testified in support of the intent of this measure.

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. 436 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.