CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 185

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 830

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

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. 830, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

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:

(1) Require each Department of Education school and public charter school to establish a critical emergency response team; and

(2) Appropriate funds.

Your Committee on Conference finds that timely, effective intervention in critical medical emergencies can save lives and reduce the severity of injuries. Presently, the Department of Education has basic emergency response guidance, but there is a gap between the guidance and training provided to ensure faculty and staff are prepared for critical medical emergencies. This measure supplements current Department of Education policy to ensure proper response protocols while also keeping students, faculty, and staff at Department of Education and charter schools safe.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding the requisite information for making an appropriation in excess of the general fund expenditure ceiling pursuant to article VII, section 9 of the Hawaii State Constitution and sections 37-91 and 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(2) Deleting language that would have required each department school to establish a critical emergency response team in chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and inserting language establishing a one-year Critical Emergency Response Pilot Program within the Department of Education to establish a critical emergency response team for each department school located in central Oahu selected by the Department to participate in the Pilot Program;

(3) Deleting language that would have required each public charter school to establish a critical emergency response team in chapter 302D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and inserting language establishing a one-year Critical Emergency Response Pilot Program within the State Public Charter School Commission to establish a critical emergency response team for each public charter school selected by the Commission to participate in the Pilot Program;

(4) Inserting language that grants immunity from civil or criminal liability for any critical emergency response team member, except where the individual's conduct would constitute gross negligence, wilful and wanton misconduct, or intentional misconduct;

(5) Inserting language that requires each department school and public charter school participating in their respective pilot programs to develop a known, practiced, and maintained communication method to active the school's critical emergency response team members;

(6) Inserting language that requires each department school and public charter school participating in their respective pilot programs to run not less than two critical emergency drills during the 2023-2024 school year with a drill response time goal of less than three minutes;

(7) Requiring reports to the Legislature before the Regular Session of 2024;

(8) Inserting an appropriation amount of $350,000 for fiscal year 2023-2024 for the Department of Education to implement the Critical Emergency Response Pilot Program at selected schools;

(9) Inserting an appropriation amount of $150,000 for fiscal year 2023-2024 for the State public Charter School Commission to implement the Critical Emergency Response Pilot Program at selected schools;

    (10) Amending section 2 to reflect its amended purpose;

    (11) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2023; and

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

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. 830, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 830, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair
____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA Co-Chair	____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO Co-Chair