CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 109
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 745
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 745, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Require the Department of Health to integrate emergency aeromedical services into statewide emergency medical services; and
(2) Appropriate funds for aeromedical services for Maui County, ambulance services for the Waianae Coast, and advanced life support ambulance services for parts of Maui and Hawaii.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Replacing the purpose section for part II of this measure relating to an appropriation to fund emergency aeromedical helicopter services for the County of Maui with the Senate version of the purpose section language on the same subject in part II of H.B. No. 1182, H.D. 2, S.D. 2;
(2) Deleting the appropriations for ambulance services in the Waianae Coast, Kihei/Wailea region of Maui, and Hawaii Ocean View Estates on the island of Hawaii;
(3) Deleting the requirement that the emergency aeromedical helicopter may only be utilized in geographic locations and emergency situations where Hawaii's current fixed-wing operations are unable to provide appropriate service;
(4) Making an appropriation of $611,500 for fiscal year 2004-2005 to fund the provision of emergency aeromedical helicopter services for the county of Maui and requiring a one-to-one match from the county of Maui before the funds are made available;
(5) Making an appropriation of $388,500 to integrate additional ground ambulance services with the emergency aeromedical helicopter services; and
(6) Requiring that the emergency helicopter aeromedical services shall use triage protocols and be based on national aeromedical, triage, and transport guidelines established by the Association of Air Medical Services, the American College of Surgeons, and the National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 745, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 745, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ ROSALYN BAKER, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ RUSSELL KOKUBUN, Co-Chair |