Report Title:

Ambulance Services; South Maui (Kihei/Wailea); Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds to provide 24-hour ambulance services for the Kihei/Wailea region of Maui. (SB53 HD1)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

53

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 1


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

making an appropriation for ambulance service in the kihei/Wailea region of Maui.

 

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

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the Kihei/Wailea region of Maui is a growing community and tourist center that includes only one twenty-four-hour, locally based, advanced life support ambulance service for its visitors and residents. Thus, in emergency situations occurring when the single overburdened ambulance is already on call, the response time of ambulances from nearby communities increases by an additional twenty to thirty minutes, depending on the location of the ambulance. The legislature further finds that in many emergency medical situations, this prolonged response time can mean the difference between life and death for individuals visiting or living in this community.

The purpose of this Act is to provide parity in emergency health care for residents and visitors of the Kihei/Wailea region of Maui by providing an additional 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 2004-2005 to provide sufficient twenty-four-hour advanced life support ambulance services for the Kihei/Wailea region of Maui.

The sum 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, 2010.