To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allow delivery of medical supplies by unmanned aerial systems, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-7395House of Representatives
Updated: Dec 24, 2018

Summary

This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from blocking any program administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services or the Indian Health Service that reimburses medical providers for the use of unmanned aerial systems that deliver medical supplies. Additionally, the Federal Aviation Administration may not prohibit the operation of such systems beyond the line of sight.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in House

  2. 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.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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