HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

AMENDMENT TO:

S.B. No. 218, C.D. 1

 

OFFERED BY:

 
 

DATE:

 

 

SECTION 1. S.B. No. 218, C.D. 1, is amended by designating sections 1 and 2 as part I.

SECTION 2. S.B. No. 218, C.D. 1, is amended by amending the last paragraph of section 1 to read as follows:

"The purpose of this [Act] part is to appropriate funds to the department of health to establish a training stipend program for emergency medical technicians who do not have access to a training stipend program and who want to advance in their chosen profession by enrolling in a state-qualified mobile intensive care technician training program."

SECTION 3. S.B. No. 218, C.D. 1, is amended by amending the last paragraph of section 2 to read as follows:

"The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this [Act.] part."

SECTION 4. S.B. No. 218, C.D. 1, is amended by adding a new section, designating the new section as part II, and numbering the new section as section 3, to read as follows:

"PART II

SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as is necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, to provide funding for helicopter medical transport services for the island of Oahu; provided that the department of health shall procure helicopter medical transport services for the island of Oahu according to the following priority:

(1) Working with the department of defense;

(2) Working with the city and county of Honolulu; or

(3) Purchase of service.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purpose of this part."

SECTION 5. S.B. No. 218, C.D. 1, is amended by renumbering section 3 as section 4, and designating the newly designated section 4 as part III.