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- Friday, 10/23/2026
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Time: 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Recurring:
Event status: Handicap access, ADA Contact info: EMSIPSB Office, (808) 733-9210(808) 733-9210, DOH.emsac@doh.hawaii.gov
Calendar: Hawaii Emergency Medical Systems of Care Advisory Council
Title: Emergency Medical Systems of Care Advisory Council (EMSAC) Meeting
Location: State of Hawaii Department of Health, Kinau Hale, 1st Floor Boardroom, 1250 Punchbowl St., Honolulu, HI 96813 and Online via Microsoft Teams
Posted on: 10/15/2026 02:38 PM
Updated on: 10/15/2026 02:38 PM
Hawaii Emergency Medical Systems of Care Advisory Council
- Date:
- Friday, 10/23/2026
- Start Time:
- 09:30 AM
- Place:
- State of Hawaii Department of Health, Kinau Hale, 1st Floor Boardroom, 1250 Punchbowl St., Honolulu, HI 96813 and Online via Microsoft Teams
Agenda
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEMS OF CARE ADVISORY COUNCIL (EMSAC)
Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention Systems Branch (EMSIPSB)
State of Hawaii, Department of Health
NOTICE OF MEETING
Date: Friday, October 23, 2026
Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Hawaii Standard Time (HST)
Place: State of Hawaii Department of Health, Kinau Hale,
1st Floor Boardroom, 1250 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
and Online via Microsoft Teams
This meeting will be recorded. This meeting will be held using interactive
conference technology under section 92-3.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS).
Committee members, staff, testifiers, and the public may participate in
person or online via Teams.
Note: Agenda items may be taken out of order.
AGENDA
1. Call to Order / Roll Call — Marilyn Matsunaga, EMSAC Chair
2. Approval of July 24, 2026 Meeting Minutes (VOTING ITEM)
3. New Business
a. Guest Speaker — John C. (Jack) Lewin, MD, Administrator, State Health
Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA); Senior Healthcare Advisor to
Governor Josh Green, MD
• Updates from SHPDA
b. Garrett D. Hall, MS, BSN, RN — State Chief of Emergency Medical Services
• Updates on Emergency Medical Systems of Care Rural Health
Transformation (RHT) and Rural Infrastructure for Care Access Funding
c. Leilani Manglona, RN, MEDICOM Nurse Manager, and Christine Chen, BSN, RN,
MEDICOM Nurse Supervisor
• Updates on Statewide Medical Communications / Medical Operations
Coordination Center (MOCC)
d. Update on Hawaiian Island Trauma Symposium funded by the State Trauma
Systems Fund
e. Overview of Trauma and EMS Strategic Planning Conference
f. October recognition for Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) Week and
Emergency Nurses Week
4. Old Business
a. Update on EMS Opioid and Drug Peer Review Project
b. Update on State EMS Tiered Standing Orders (EMT, EMTA, and Paramedic/MICT)
c. Update on State of Hawaii Medical Board: EMS Personnel Advisory
Committee (EMSPAC)
5. Reports
a. EMSIPSB Report
b. Agency / Organization Dashboards, Reports, and Highlights
• EMS – Hawaii County (Hawaii Island Fire)
• EMS – City & County of Honolulu
• EMS – Kauai County (AMR)
• EMS – Maui County (AMR)
• Federal Fire
• EMS Air Ambulance (REACH)
• Hawaii Life Flight
• Optimum Air
• Life Flight Network
• Kapiolani Community College
• Hawaii Community College
• Trauma Centers
6. Adjournment
Next Meeting (Tentative): Friday, January 22, 2027, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM HST;
physical location TBD and Online via Teams.
Tentative 2027 Schedule: January 22, April 16, July 23, and October 22, 2027.
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