STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1266-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2658

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health & Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2658, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for one ambulance unit each for the counties of Kauai and Hawaii, including the ambulance vehicle, equipment, supplies, and personnel costs for state-certified emergency medical service personnel.

The County of Hawaii Mayor; six Councilmembers of the County of Kauai Council; Council Member representing District 4 of the County of Hawaii; Honolulu Emergency Services Department; Hawai‘i Fire Department; Hawai‘i State Association of Counties; Hawaii Fire Fighters Association, Local 1463, IAFF, AFL-CIO; Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i; Kauai Filipino Chamber of Commerce; Hawai‘i Pacific Health; Wilcox Medical Center; American Medical Response; and many individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Health provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by appropriating funds for one ambulance unit each for the City and County of Honolulu and County of Maui, in addition to the counties of Kauai and Hawaii.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2658, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2658, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair