H.R. 7395 — Introduced in House

I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7395 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 21, 2018Mr. Meadows introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allow delivery of medical supplies by unmanned aerial systems, and for other purposes. 1. Sense of Congress on the medical potential of unmanned aerial systems It is the sense of Congress that unmanned aerial systems have the potential to improve medical care for rural populations and for patients in acute situations in need of immediate care and without immediate access to care providers, and that such technologies should be utilized where practicable. 2. Confirmation of medicare reimbursement eligibility The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not prohibit any program administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the Indian Health Service from reimbursing hospitals or other medical providers for the use of unmanned aerial systems for delivery of medical supplies to hospitals, ambulances, or directly to sites of medical emergencies occurring away from hospitals and ambulances. 3. Federal Aviation Administration and flight of unmanned aerial systems beyond line of sight for medical purposes The Federal Aviation Administration, in issuing rulemaking for unmanned aerial system delivery as directed by section 44808 of title 49, United States Code, shall not prohibit the operation of unmanned aerial systems for medical purposes beyond the line of sight, consistent with other rules and regulations made applicable to all unmanned aerial systems in such rulemaking.