3.0.0 2651 2023-01-11T13:39:43Z 2023-01-11T13:39:43Z Senate S 2018-04-11 115 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-04-11T20:01:00Z Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2017 115 623 HR 2017-01-24 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2018 115 5472 HR 2018-04-11 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2018-04-11 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2018-04-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2018-04-11 True Commerce Administrative law and regulatory procedures Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Medical ethics Prescription drugs Veterinary medicine and animal diseases Commerce 00 2018-04-11 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-04T20:35:36Z Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2018

This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to require a prescriber of a household-animal medication to provide a free copy of the prescription to the pet owner before offering to fill the prescription and without the pet owner having to request a copy.

]]> Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2018 Display Title Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote competition and help consumers save money by giving them the freedom to choose where they buy prescription pet medications, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2651is/xml/BILLS-115s2651is.xml 2018-04-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.