STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1037

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1245

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1245, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AMBULANCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Department of Health to purchase one advanced life support ambulance and related equipment, to be based in central Maui, and to fund pay-related personnel costs for state-certified emergency personnel.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from American Medical Response, Maui Hotel & Lodging Association, and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health.

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. 1245, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair