3.0.0 3229 2020-02-12T18:55:29Z 2020-02-12T18:55:29Z Senate S S 2008-07-08 110 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-08T18:33:38Z 2008-07-08 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2008-07-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6443) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2008-11-17 False Transportation and Public Works Administrative procedure Aircraft pilots Ambulances Aviation safety Department of Transportation Emergency Management Emergency medicine Government Operations and Politics Health Helicopters Law Navigational aids (Aeronautics) Transportation and Public Works 00 2008-07-08 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-14T14:59:01Z Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2008 - Requires all pilots of a helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft providing emergency medical services, if there is a medical crew on board, without regard to whether there are patients on board, to comply with federal safety operating requirements governing commuter and on demand operations as well as persons on board aircraft. Prescribes other requirements for such aircraft when operating under instrument flight rules or carrying out training.

Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to initiate a rulemaking to: (1) create a standardized checklist of risk evaluation factors which shall be used by helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft emergency medical service operators to determine whether a mission should be accepted; (2) require such operators to implement and comply with performance based flight dispatch and flight-following procedures; and (3) develop a method to assess and ensure that such operators comply with the latter requirements.

Requires helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft used for emergency medical service operations to have on board a terrain awareness and warning system device that meets FAA guidelines.

Requires the Administrator to issue: (1) a report on the availability, survivability, and costs of devices that record voice communications and flight data information on existing and new helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft used for emergency medical service operations; and (2) regulations to require such devices on board such aircraft.

]]> Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2008 Display Title Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the safety of the crew and passengers in air ambulances. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-08T04:00:00Z 2008-07-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.