STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2068

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2246
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2246 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCY
     MEDICAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation for
emergency medical services in the Kaaawa area on Oahu.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Health, Koolauloa Neighborhood Board
No. 28, and a private citizen.

     Your Committee finds that the Kaneohe to Kahuku area needs
additional emergency medical resources to address the high rate
of motor vehicle crashes, medical emergencies, and other trauma.
The legislature finds further that as there is an empty ambulance
bay at the Kaaawa fire station, an emergency vehicle and staffing
are all that is required.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2246 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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