STAND. COM. REP. NO.  709

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 464

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 464, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support the emergency medical service needs of the Kakaako area of Oahu by appropriating funds for the purchase of an ambulance vehicle and the operational costs for an ambulance unit, including equipment, supplies, and personnel costs for state-certified emergency medical service personnel.

 

     The Honolulu Emergency Services Department, Emergency Medical Service Division; American Medical Response; United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; and a concerned individual supported the measure.  The Department of Health submitted 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. 464, 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