STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1071

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1453

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1453, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Health to establish reasonable fees to be collected from individuals who are transported by emergency ambulance services to a medical facility, or who receive treatment by emergency medical service personnel but are not subsequently transported to a medical facility.

The Honolulu Emergency Services Department, American Medical Response, and a few individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Health, Department of Human Services, and Hawaii Medical Service Association provided comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1453, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair