STAND. COM. REP. NO. 338-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2228
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2228 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to expand emergency medical services in areas of greatest need on Oahu by appropriating funds for:
(1) Additional ambulance services in the Waianae-Nanakuli, Kahaluu-Kaaawa, and primary urban center areas of Oahu; and
(2) A third shift of ambulance service at the Makakilo ambulance unit.
The Honolulu Emergency Services Department of the City and County of Honolulu and two individuals submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Health supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $1 to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
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 H.B. No. 2228, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2228, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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