Bill Text: HI SCR90 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Concurrent Resolution 90 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Community Paramedic Program; Working Group; Emergency Medical Services

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 47 [SCR90 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-SCR90-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	90
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

requesting the chief of the department of health emergency medical services and injury prevention system branch to convene and chair a working group to develop a community paramedic program, including educational standards for certifications, to alleviate emergency services from responding to non-emergency calls.

WHEREAS, the City and County of Honolulu Emergency Medical Services ran almost ninety thousand calls in 2015; and

WHEREAS, of these calls, many are from repeat callers who call multiple times per day for issues that do not need emergency services, but rather general assistance; and

WHEREAS, as the call volume rises each year and the number of ambulance stations remains the same, it is critical to develop proposals to establish community paramedic services to provide the appropriate services for these repeat callers who would otherwise be using resources that could best serve individuals who need emergency medical services; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2016, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Chief of the Department of Health Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch is requested to convene and chair a working group to develop a community paramedic program, including educational standards for certifications, to alleviate emergency services from responding to non-emergency calls; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group include the following members:

(1) The Director of the City and County of Honolulu Emergency Services Department, or the Director's designee;

(2) The Chief of Emergency Medical Services for Honolulu, or the Chief's designee;

(3) The General Manager of American Medical Response, or the General Manager's designee;

(4) The Oahu Operations Manager of American Medical Response, or the Manager's designee;

(5) The Battalion Chief of the Emergency Medical Services Federal Fire Department, or the Chief's designee;

(6) The Battalion Chief of the Emergency Medical Services Hawaii County Fire Department, or the Chief's designee;

(7) The Dean of Emergency Medical Services at Kapi�olani Community College, or the Dean's designee;

(8) The Chair of the Department of Emergency Medical Services at Kapi�olani Community College, or the Chair's designee; and

(9) An Instructor of Emergency Medical Services at Kapi�olani Community College; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group is requested to report its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2017; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chief of the Department of Health Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch, Director of Honolulu Emergency Services Department, Chief of Emergency Medical Services for Honolulu, General Manager of American Medical Response, Oahu Operations Manager of American Medical Response, Battalion Chief of the Emergency Medical Services Federal Fire Department, Battalion Chief of the Emergency Medical Services Hawaii County Fire Department, Dean of Emergency Medical Services at Kapi�olani Community College, and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medical Services at Kapi�olani Community College.