STAND. COM. REP. NO.  199-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2171

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2171 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist the City and County of Honolulu Emergency Medical Services Division to expand emergency medical and ambulance services in the Moanalua, Aliamanu, Red Hill, Salt Lake, and Foster Village communities by appropriating funds to authorize an additional emergency medical services unit.

The Honolulu Emergency Services Department, Emergency Medical Service Division; United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; and two individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Health commented on this measure.

     Should the Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee respectfully requests that it consider appropriating $1,800,000 for fiscal year 2016-2017 for an additional emergency medical services unit to expand emergency medical and ambulance services in the Moanalua, Aliamanu, Red Hill, Salt Lake, and Foster Village communities.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Making the appropriation an unspecified amount;

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2070, to facilitate further discussion; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity 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. 2171, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2171, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair