H.R. 2591
Updates FAA mental health rules for pilots and controllers
Makes the Federal Aviation Administration review and update its mental health rules, including which medications pilots and air traffic controllers may take and how they get cleared to work.
- Agency must carry out recommendations from two mental health advisory groups
- Rules on which mental health medications pilots may safely take would be updated
- Medical examiners would get more authority to decide some cases
- Agency could run campaigns to encourage people to seek mental health care
Passed the House · Senate's turn