3.0.0 1199 2023-01-11T13:18:39Z 2023-01-11T13:18:39Z Senate S S 2009-06-08 111 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-06-08T19:05:04Z FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act 111 1451 S 2009-09-29 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 168. Related bill CRS 2009-06-08 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2009-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Aviation and airports Business records Department of Transportation Emergency medical services and trauma care Government information and archives Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2009-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-28T21:17:52Z Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2009 - Requires helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft certificate holders 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 certificate holders 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, not later than one year after enactment of this Act, helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft used for emergency medical service to have on board a terrain awareness and warning system device, and a means of displaying its information, that meet FAA guidelines.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) require certificate holders for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft used for emergency medical service operations to report annually on the number of such aircraft used, and number of flights and hours flown, to provide air ambulance services; (2) issue 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 (3) issue regulations to require such devices on board such aircraft.

]]> Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2009 Display Title Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the safety of the crew and passengers in air ambulances. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-08T04:00:00Z 2009-06-08 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.