Bill Text: HI SR152 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Health To Conduct A Study On The State Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services System To Identify Issues And Problems And Propose Initiatives To Improve The System.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-27 - Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SR152 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SR152-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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SENATE RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE STATE COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY ISSUES AND PROBLEMS AND PROPOSE INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, the Department of Health is responsible for administering and maintaining the State Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services System by planning, coordinating, and providing assistance to all public and private entities and agencies involved in the state system, and ensuring that all emergency medical services or ambulance services conducted by or under the authorization of the Department of Health or any county are consistent with part XVIII, chapter 321, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the State Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services System provides for the arrangement of personnel, facilities, and equipment, primarily in the pre-hospital setting, for the effective and coordinated delivery of health care services under emergency conditions, irrespective of the cause of the emergency conditions; and
WHEREAS, the State Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services System provides personnel, personnel training, communications, emergency transportation, facilities, coordination with emergency medical and critical care services, coordination and use of available public safety agencies, promotion of consumer participation, accessibility to care, mandatory standard medical recordkeeping, consumer information and education, independent review and evaluation, disaster linkage, mutual aid agreements, and other components necessary to meet the purposes of the state comprehensive system; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health is responsible for establishing standards for emergency medical services, an emergency medical services system consistent with the State Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services System and applicable federal guidelines for those services, and regulation of ambulances within the State, including the certification of vehicles, equipment, supplies, and communication systems; and
WHEREAS, the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee is administratively attached to the Department of Health and serves the Department in an advisory capacity on all matters relating to the State Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services System; and
WHEREAS, in consultation with the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, the Department of Health is responsible for determining the levels of emergency medical services that are implemented in each county; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health is authorized to contract to provide emergency medical services, including emergency aeromedical services, or any necessary component of a county emergency services system in accordance with the State Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services System; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health is responsible for establishing reasonable fees for services rendered to the public by the Department of Health, any county, or private agency; and
WHEREAS, to fulfill the duties of the Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch, it is imperative that the Department of Health strive to ensure that the State Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services System is efficiently maintained and effectively provides emergency services; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health has been in discussions with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to obtain the NHTSA's services to perform a review of the state system, including both state and county components, which will be the first such review since 1991; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2019, that the Department of Health is requested to conduct a study on the State Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services System to identify issues and problems and propose initiatives to improve the system; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health is requested to submit a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2020 that includes:
(1) Findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, associated with its study of the State Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services System; and
(2) An update to the Legislature on the outcome, findings, and other relevant information obtained as a result of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration review; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health.
Department of Health; Study on the State Comprehensive Emergency Medical Services System
