CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 139-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1953

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1953, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

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 improve access to emergency medical care for residents of Oahu by appropriating funds to:

 

(1)  Expand emergency medical services and ambulance services in communities in Leeward Oahu; and

 

(2)  Assist Wahiawa General Hospital in providing additional emergency room services that are required due to the closing of Hawaii Medical Center's two hospitals.

 

 

 

     Your Committee on Conference notes that the appropriation of moneys in this measure is essential to address critical emergency medical service needs in the State.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting the provision appropriating funds as a grant to Wahiawa General Hospital to provide additional emergency room services;

 

(2)  Inserting the amount of $1,000,000 into the appropriation to increase the on-call availability of emergency medical services and ambulance services;

 

(3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2012; and

 

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

 

     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 H.B. No. 1953, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1953, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair

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DAVID Y. IGE, Co-Chair

 

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DEE MORIKAWA, Co-Chair

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair