STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1511

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 498

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 498, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to address the emergency medical service needs of Maui's growing population by appropriating funds out of the Emergency Medical Services Special Fund to establish and fund a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week, special emergency medical response vehicle unit based in Maalaea, Maui.

 

     The Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawaii State Rural Health Association, Maalaea Community Association, American Medical Response, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Health commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.


 

     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 S.B. No. 498, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 498, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair