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Rep. Jack D. Franks
Filed: 5/21/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1827
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1827 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice |
| 5 | | Act of 2004 is amended by adding Section 19.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 115/19.2 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 19.2. Patient requests for prescriptions. |
| 8 | | Veterinarians shall honor a client's request for a prescription |
| 9 | | in lieu of dispensing a drug when a veterinarian-client-patient |
| 10 | | relationship exists and the veterinarian has determined that |
| 11 | | the drug is medically necessary.
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| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 13 | | becoming law.".
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