Senator Paul Bettencourt is hoping to make off-label uses of medications more accessible to Texans who could benefit from them. His bill SB 1820, or the “Truth in Medicine Act” would address the “federal gag order” on sharing information concerning off-label uses of Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications.
While providers are legally permitted to prescribe medications to patients for off-label purposes, the manufacturer of the medication is prohibited from sharing information or promoting any use of the drug aside from that which the FDA approved it for. According to Bettencourt, this prevents physicians and insurers from accessing helpful information about medications that might help their patients.
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NATA worries that under Sen. Lee s flight-sharing proposals, passengers will not be able to verify the fitness of the pilots for their operational duties.
Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-Utah) push to remove barriers to flight sharing and create a new “personal operator” category that does not need to meet air carrier requirements is continuing to draw fire from the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), which has been concerned about the safety implications. Lee has introduced two bills that would facilitate Internet-based flight-sharing programs, similar to the one that had been proposed by FlyteNow, and would create a personal operator category enabling a pilot to transport up to eight passengers for compensation without meeting air carrier requirements.
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Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has pushed to eliminate barriers for Internet-based flight-sharing programs. (Photo: Heather Trautvetter)
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is continuing his push to facilitate flight-sharing, introducing two new bills that, among other things, would create a “personal operator” category to enable pilots to fly eight or fewer passengers for compensation without operating as part of a common carrier.
The bills, the Aviation Empowerment Act and the Flight Sharing Freedom Act, are designed to foster innovation and correct oversights surrounding limits on a private pilot s ability to coordinate flights via the Internet and receive compensation for the transport of persons or property, said Lee, who has pushed to open the door for flight-sharing for several years. Further, since the FAA has not defined common carrier, it has broad authority on its regulatory implementation, he said.