Sec. 314. HELICOPTER AIR AMBULANCE OPERATIONS DATA AND REPORTS
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## SEC. 314 HELICOPTER AIR AMBULANCE OPERATIONS DATA AND REPORTS ###
(a)In General **[**[49 U.S.C. 44731 note](/us/usc/t49/s44731)**]** Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in collaboration with helicopter air ambulance industry stakeholders, shall assess the availability of information to the general public related to the location of heliports and helipads used by helicopters providing air ambulance services, including helipads and helipads outside of those listed as part of any existing databases of Airport Master Record
(5010)forms. ###
(b)Requirements **[**[49 U.S.C. 44731 note](/us/usc/t49/s44731)**]** Based on the assessment under subsection (a), the Administrator shall— ####
(1)update, as necessary, any existing guidance on what information is included in the current databases of Airport Master Record
(5010)forms to include information related to heliports and helipads used by helicopters providing air ambulance services; or ####
(2)develop, as appropriate and in collaboration with helicopter air ambulance industry stakeholders, a new database of heliports and helipads used by helicopters providing air ambulance services. ###
(c)Reports **[**[49 U.S.C. 44731 note](/us/usc/t49/s44731)**]** ####
(1)Assessment report Not later than 30 days after the date the assessment under subsection
(a)is complete, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the assessment, including any recommendations on how to make information related to the location of heliports and helipads used by helicopters providing air ambulance services available to the general public. ####
(2)Implementation report Not later than 30 days after completing action under paragraph
(1)or paragraph
(2)of subsection (b), the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on such action. ###
(d)Incident and Accident Data Section 44731 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a)— #####
(A)in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter” and inserting “annually”; #####
(B)in paragraph (2), by striking “flights and hours flown, by registration number, during which helicopters operated by the certificate holder were providing helicopter air ambulance services” and inserting “hours flown by the helicopters operated by the certificate holder”; #####
(C)in paragraph (3)— ######
(i)by striking “of flight” and inserting “of patients transported and the number of patient transport”; ######
(ii)by inserting “or” after “interfacility transport,”; and ######
(iii)by striking “, or ferry or repositioning flight”; #####
(D)in paragraph (5)— ######
(i)by striking “flights and”; and ######
(ii)by striking “while providing air ambulance services”; and #####
(E)by amending paragraph
(6)to read as follows: > > #### “(6) > > The number of hours flown at night by helicopters operated by the certificate holder.” > ; ####
(2)in subsection (d)— #####
(A)by striking “Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit” and inserting “The Administrator shall submit annually”; and #####
(B)by adding at the end the following: “The report shall include the number of accidents experienced by helicopter air ambulance operations, the number of fatal accidents experienced by helicopter air ambulance operations, and the rate, per 100,000 flight hours, of accidents and fatal accidents experienced by operators providing helicopter air ambulance services.”; ####
(3)by redesignating subsection
(e)as subsection (f); and ####
(4)by inserting after subsection
(d)the following: > > ### “(e) Implementation > > In carrying out this section, the Administrator, in collaboration with part 135 certificate holders providing helicopter air ambulance services, shall— > > > #### “(1) > > propose and develop a method to collect and store the data submitted under subsection (a), including a method to protect the confidentiality of any trade secret or proprietary information submitted; and > > > #### “(2) > > ensure that the database under subsection
(c)and the report under subsection
(d)include data and analysis that will best inform efforts to improve the safety of helicopter air ambulance operations.” > .
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