Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

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. 218, S.D. 4, H.D. 1, entitled:

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 bill is to appropriate funds to the Department of Health to establish a training stipend program for emergency medical technicians to enroll in a mobile intensive care technician training program.

This bill will help to alleviate the shortage of mobile intensive care technicians in Hawaii by assisting emergency medical technicians who want to advance in their career through a state-qualified mobile intensive care technician training program.

Your Committee on Conference amended this bill by adding in the appropriation amount of $300,000 and by changing the effective date to July 1, 2006.

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. 218, S.D. 4, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 218, S.D. 4, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.