92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB2391
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House Sponsors:
LEITCH-DAVIS,STEVE-MCCARTHY-FRITCHEY-STEPHENS AND HOLBROOK.

Senate Sponsors:
SYVERSON-BURZYNSKI-WEAVER-RONEN

Short description: 
VETERNY-EUTHANASIA TECHNICIAN                                              

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the Humane Euthanasia in Animal  Shelters  Act.   Creates      
   the  Euthanasia  Task  Force  within  the  Department  of Professional      
   Regulation, with members appointed by  the  Veterinary  Licensing  and      
   Disciplinary  Board.   Requires  euthanasia  agencies  and  euthanasia      
   technicians   to  be  certified  by  the  Department  of  Professional      
   Regulation.  Requires euthanasia  agencies  to  be  inspected  by  the      
   Euthanasia  Task  Force.  Specifies the procedures and agents that may      
   be  used  to  euthanize  animals.   Amends  the  Illinois   Controlled      
   Substances  Act.    Provides  for  the  registration of certain animal      
   control facilities and animal shelters  and  authorizes  them  to  use      
   sodium pentobarbital and Schedule III drugs to euthanize animals.           
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          225 ILCS 115/4                                                       
        Changes when control sticks may be used on cats. Makes changes         
   to  the  list  of  societies in the Section concerning grandfathering.      
   Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 1994 to add      
   certified euthanasia technicians to the list of exempted persons under      
   the Act.                                                                    
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
        Provides  immunity  for  veterinarians  who,   in   good   faith,      
   administer  euthanasia  drugs  to animals in animal shelters or animal      
   control facilities.                                                         
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          510 ILCS 5/11                                                        
        Deletes everything after the enacting clause.  Creates the Humane      
   Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act. Requires  euthanasia  agencies  and      
   euthanasia   technicians   to   be  certified  by  the  Department  of      
   Professional Regulation.  Requires euthanasia agencies to be inspected      
   at least once every 3 years. Specifies the procedures and agents  that      
   may  be  used  to  euthanize  animals.  Amends the Animal Control Act.      
   Provides for humane dispatching pursuant to the Humane  Euthanasia  in      
   Animal  Shelters  Act for a dog impounded for failure to be inoculated      
   and registered or cat that has been impounded that is not redeemed  by      
   its owner.  Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of      
   1994.    Exempts  certified  euthanasia technicians from the licensure      
   requirements under the Act.  Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances      
   Act.  Defines the term "euthanasia agency".                                 
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
        In the Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act, changes the           
   definition of "euthanasia technician". Provides that to be certified        
   as a euthanasia agency, an entity must agree to keep euthanasia             
   drugs in a securely locked cabinet or metal safe that meets the             
   requirements of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act and rules            
   adopted under that Act (now in a  securely  locked  cabinet  or  metal      
   safe).   Provides that the Department of Professional Regulation shall      
   (now may) inspect  a  facility  prior  to  issuance  of  a  controlled      
   substances  license  to  that  facility  (now prior to the issuance of      
   certification to that facility).  Provides that the  Department  shall      
   set  the  requirements  for restoration of a euthanasia agency and the      
   requirements for a change of location by rule. Limits  the  controlled      
   substance drugs that a euthanasia agency may possess and administer to      
   schedule II and schedule III nonnarcotic controlled substances.             
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                
        Provides that the  Act  shall  not  be  construed  to  prevent  a      
   veterinarian  who is employed by the Department of Agriculture, or any      
   other employee of that Department acting under the supervision of  the      
   veterinarian,  from humanely euthanizing animals in the course of that      
   employment.                                                                 
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0449

   Last action date: AUG-21-2001

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   2     SENATE -   3


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