STAND. COM. REP. NO.  255

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 481

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 481 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support emergency medical services on the island of Hawaii by appropriating funds for an advanced life support ambulance to be based in the Makalei area, including associated costs for vehicle and equipment acquisition and personnel.

The Councilmember representing District 4 of the Hawaii County Council, Hawaii Fire Fighters Association, and the Daniel Sayre Memorial Foundation testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Health provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  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. 481, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 481, 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