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HB 4567 — PREVETERINARY EMERGENCY CARE

Last action — Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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This bill died with 101st Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that emergency medical (EMS) personnel may provide preveterinary emergency care to a dog or cat to the extent the EMS personnel has received commensurate training and is authorized by his or her employer to provide care. Provides that requirements governing the circumstances under which EMS personnel may provide preveterinary emergency care to dogs and cats may be specified in the employer's policies governing the provision of care. Contains language stating that nothing in the Act imposes upon EMS personnel any obligation to provide care to a dog or cat or to provide care to a dog or cat before a person. Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Provides that nothing in that Act shall apply to EMS personnel who provide preveterinary emergency care to a dog or cat under the amended provisions of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Effective immediately.

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This bill allows emergency medical services personnel to provide preveterinary emergency care to dogs and cats under certain conditions and exempts them from certain veterinary regulations.

  • 210 ILCS 50/3.260

    Sec. 3.260. Preveterinary emergency care. (a) In this Section: "Cat" means a small domesticated feline animal that is kept as a pet. "Cat" does not include a nondomesticated wild animal. "Dog" means any canine animal owned for domestic, companionship, service, therapeutic, or assistance purposes. "Preveterinary emergency care" means the immediate medical stabilization of a dog or cat by EMS personnel, in an emergency to which the EMS personnel is responding, through means including oxygen, fluids, medications, or bandaging, with the intent of enabling the dog or cat to be treated by a veterinarian. "Preveterinary emergency care" does not include care provided in response to an emergency call made solely for the purpose of tending to an injured dog or cat, unless a person's life could be in danger by attempting to save the life of a dog or cat. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, EMS personnel may provide preveterinary emergency care to a dog or cat to the extent the EMS personnel has received commensurate training and is authorized by his or her employer to provide care. Requirements governing the circumstances under which EMS personnel may provide preveterinary emergency care to dogs and cats may be specified in the employer's policies governing the provision of care. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing in this Act imposes upon EMS personnel any obligation to provide care to a dog or cat, or to provide care to a dog or cat before a person.

    This section introduces the provision for EMS personnel to provide emergency care to pets under specified conditions.

  • 225 ILCS 115/4

    EMS personnel who provide preveterinary emergency care to a dog or cat under Section 3.260 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.

    This addition exempts EMS personnel from veterinary regulations when providing certain emergency care to pets.

Action History

  1. Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  2. Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee

  3. Referred to Rules Committee

  4. First Reading

  5. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 4567 do?
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that emergency medical (EMS) personnel may provide preveterinary emergency care to a dog or cat to the extent the EMS personnel has received commensurate training and is authorized by his or her employer to provide care. Provides that requirements governing the circumstances under which EMS personnel may provide preveterinary emergency care to dogs and cats may be specified in the employer's policies governing the provision of care. Contains language stating that nothing in the Act imposes upon EMS personnel any obligation to provide care to a dog or cat or to provide care to a dog or cat before a person. Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Provides that nothing in that Act shall apply to EMS personnel who provide preveterinary emergency care to a dog or cat under the amended provisions of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors HB 4567?
HB 4567 is sponsored by Joyce Mason (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 4567?
This bill died with 101st Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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