CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 98-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2690

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

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. 2690, 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 supplement the general funds appropriated to the emergency medical system by establishing an emergency medical services special fund.

Specifically, this measure allocates additional state motor vehicle registration fees to the Department of Health to use in operating the State's comprehensive emergency medical services system.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Raising the vehicle registration fee to $25, and depositing $5 into the emergency medical services special fund;

(2) Appropriating moneys from the general fund to help start up the special fund, and providing for a reimbursement by June 30, 2006;

(3) Assuring that the moneys in the special fund do not supplant funding for emergency medical services authorized prior to the enactment of this measure;

(4) Inserting a dollar amount for each appropriation;

(5) Adding a severability section; and

(6) Making the measure effective on July 1, 2004, while providing that section 3 increasing the vehicle registration fee, be effective October 1, 2004.

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. 2690, 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. 2690, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair		____________________________ ROSALYN BAKER, Co-Chair
____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Co-Chair		___________________________ RUSSELL KOKUBUN, Co-Chair