Rep. Jack D. Franks

Filed: 5/21/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1827

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1827 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice
5Act of 2004 is amended by adding Section 19.2 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 115/19.2 new)
7    Sec. 19.2. Patient requests for prescriptions.
8Veterinarians shall honor a client's request for a prescription
9in lieu of dispensing a drug when a veterinarian-client-patient
10relationship exists and the veterinarian has determined that
11the drug is medically necessary.
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.".