92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB0041
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House Sponsors:
MEYER-STEPHENS-MAUTINO-MYERS,RICHARD-HOLBROOK, 
   CURRY,JULIE, DART, ERWIN, BUGIELSKI, BURKE, 
   LYONS,JOSEPH, YOUNGE, MOFFITT, BRADY, LYONS,EILEEN, 
   MATHIAS, RIGHTER AND BRADLEY.

Senate Sponsors:
LAUZEN-DONAHUE-NOLAND-DILLARD

Short description: 
CD CORR-SERVICE DOG TRAINING                                               

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Unified Code of   Corrections.   Creates  the  Helping      
   Paws Service Dog Program within the correctional industries program of      
   the  Department  of  Corrections.   Provides that the Department shall      
   select persons who are committed to the Department to  be  trained  as      
   service  dog  trainers.  Provides that a committed person selected for      
   the Program shall  receive  instruction  in  dog  obedience  training,      
   service   dog  training,  and  dog  health  care.  Provides  that  the      
   Department shall provide service dogs  to  disabled  persons  free  of      
   charge.  Effective immediately.                                             
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Deletes the title  and  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.      
   Amends  the  Unified  Code  of  Corrections to create the Helping Paws      
   Service Dog Program.  Incorporates the provisions  of  the  introduced      
   bill  but  makes  the following changes: (1) changes the definition of      
   "disabled  person",  (2)  adds   a   definition   of    "animal   care      
   professional", (3) provides that the program is also designed to train      
   committed  persons  to be animal care professionals, (4) provides that      
   priority must be given to committed persons who  have  a  high  school      
   diploma  or  who  have  passed  the  high school level Test of General      
   Educational  Development,  (5)  provides  that  a   review   committee      
   consisting  of  an  equal  number  of  persons  from the Department of      
   Corrections and a non-profit organization designated by the Department      
   are to select a disabled person to receive the service  dog,  and  (6)      
   provides  that  the non-profit organization must select the dogs to be      
   trained as service dogs.                                                    
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                 
        Provides that the Department  of  Corrections  may  (rather  than      
   shall)  establish  the Helping Paws Service Dog Program, contract with      
   service dog professionals to train committed persons to  be  certified      
   service  dog  trainers,  and  designate  a  non-profit organization to      
   select animals from humane societies and shelters for the  purpose  of      
   being trained as service dogs.                                              
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0236

   Last action date: AUG-03-2001

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   2     SENATE -   0


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