Bill Text: HI HB672 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Ambulance Service; Molokai; Appropriation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB672 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB672-Introduced.html

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Report Title:

Ambulance Service; Molokai; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for the island of Molokai.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	672
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the protection and preservation of the health of Hawaii's people is a matter of compelling state interest.  Emergency ambulance services, available twenty-four-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week, can help reduce medical emergency deaths, injuries, and permanent long-term disability and are a key component of the state comprehensive emergency medical services system.

     The island of Molokai is a remote island location and lacks twenty-four-hour, locally based, advanced life support ambulance service.  The legislature finds that this lack endangers the health of residents of the island of Molokai.

     The purpose of this part is to ensure parity in emergency health care for residents and visitors of the island of Molokai by providing funds for twenty-four-hour advanced life support ambulance service.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009-2010 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2010-2011 for twenty-four-hour advanced life support ambulance service for the island of Molokai.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.

 

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