STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1096

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1410

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1410, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to support the expansion of Kau Rural Health Clinic in the County of Hawaii.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and one individual.

Your Committee finds that expanding urgent care and behavioral health services at the Kau Rural Health Clinic will help to meet the demand for medical services by the growing population of Ocean View while reducing the need for costly emergency services consumed by individuals who lack reliable access to medical care.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1410, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1410, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair