STAND. COM. REP. NO.  810

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1785

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1785 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide funds to the City and County of Honolulu to purchase additional ambulances and defibrillators.

     The Honolulu Emergency Services Department and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount from $1,600,000 to an unspecified sum; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1785, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1785, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair