HOSPITAL HELIPORTS - H.B. 5584: FLOOR ANALYSIS

House Bill 5584 (as reported by the Committee of the Whole)

Sponsor: Representative Andrew Raczkowski

House Committee: Transportation

Senate Committee: Transportation and Tourism

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Aeronautics Code to revise and expand the current licensing requirements for hospital heliports and establish licensing requirements for hospital helistops, including having a responsible person appointed by the owner or operator of the helistop.

The bill would delete current licensure provisions that require a hospital heliport to comply with the requirements established for general use heliports, and that reserve hospital heliports only for aeromedical or official hospital business flights. The bill, instead, would require a hospital heliport to be reserved solely for air ambulance use or other hospital-related functions and would establish requirements for the licensure of a hospital heliports and helistops.

The bill is tie-barred to House Bill 5583, which would amend the Code to prohibit discrimination regarding access to or use of private landing areas and flight operations.

MCL 259.86a & 259.89 - Legislative Analyst: L. Arasim

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed: 4-15-98 - Fiscal Analyst: P. AlderferFLOOR\HB5584 - Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.