STAND. COM. REP. NO. 321

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1340

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1340 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to enable the Hawaii Medical Board to certify emergency medical responders other than emergency ambulance service personnel.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from American Medical Response, Paradise Medical Services, and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health and Hawaii Medical Board.

Your Committee finds that this measure will allow the Hawaii Medical Board to certify emergency medical responders other than emergency ambulance service personnel, such as firefighters, ocean safety lifeguards, and police officers. Your Committee finds that this measure warrants further discussion. Therefore, your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

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 S.B. No. 1340, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1340, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

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

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JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Chair