STAND. COM. REP. NO.  666

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 410

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 410 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE HAIKU REGION OF MAUI,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure parity in emergency health care for residents and visitors of the Haiku region of Maui by providing twenty-four-hour advanced life support ambulance service.

     American Medical Response and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Department of Health submitted comments.

     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. 410 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair