CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 47-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2017

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2017, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to repeal existing law that limits licensure as an Emergency Medical Technician 1 to individuals whose practice is performed in a county with a population of five hundred thousand or greater.

Your Committee on Conference finds that Act 119, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, limited the new licensure category for emergency medical technicians who only have a National Registry Emergency Medical Technician certification to individuals practicing in counties with a population of five hundred thousand or greater, which excluded persons who meet the criteria for licensure in non-qualifying counties. This measure will eliminate the geographic restriction and expand licensure to all National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians throughout the State.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2017, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2017, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE Co-Chair	____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA Chair
____________________________ LISA KITAGAWA Co-Chair	____________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE Co-Chair
	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER Co-Chair