STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 2 2025
RE: S.R. No. 69
S .D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.R. No. 69 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO
CONVENE AN AEROMEDICAL SERVICES WORKING GROUP,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the
Department of Health to convene an Aeromedical Services Working
Group.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Health, Air Methods, and Hawaii Medical
Association.
Your Committee finds that the existing aeromedical services
system is in the State overburdened and is currently served by
only one statewide aeromedical services provider, for which there
are few viable and cost-effective alternatives in the event of a
grounding. Your Committee further finds that there are a number
of barriers to expanding the aeromedical services system,
including insufficient funding, plans, procedures, and protocols,
and that deliberate collaboration is warranted to address the
State's aeromedical services system inadequacies. Accordingly,
this resolution convenes an Aeromedical Services Working Group to
promote collaboration amongst emergency medical services
providers, legislators, executive agencies, hospitals, health
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insurance providers, and air medical companies to develop plans,
procedures, and protocols, and secure and provide funding to
improve the State's aeromedical services system.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and
consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R.
No. 69, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form
attached hereto as S.R. No. 69, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Health and Human
Services,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Health and Human Services
HHS
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date: ,
sPsCq HHS
The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
Pass, unamended ‘^"^ass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
SAN BUENAVENTURA, Joy A. (C)
AQUINO, Henry J.C. (VC)
HASHIMOTO, Troy N.
KEOHOKALOLE, Jarrett
FEVELLA, Kurt
TOTAL
Recommendation:
[3^Adopted O Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signatu^re;.^^-----^^--^^^^
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/09/24