STAND. COM. REP. NO.  20

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 379

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 379 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to establish a twenty-four-hour, seven-days-a-week special emergency medical response vehicle unit based in Maalaea, Maui, including for the acquisition of a vehicle, purchase of equipment, and personnel costs for staffing by a paramedic trained in advanced life support.

The Department of Health commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing references to "paramedic trained in advanced life support" to "state-licensed paramedic";

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 379, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 379, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair