3.0.0 1290 2022-02-08T23:21:43Z 2022-02-08T23:21:43Z Senate S 2019-05-02 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-02T16:45:31Z Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2019 116 1607 HR 2019-03-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2019-05-02 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-05-02 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 2019-05-02 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 2019-05-02 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-11T19:53:54Z Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2019

This bill requires veterinarians to provide pet owners with a copy of animal drug prescriptions prior to filling or dispensing such prescription. Further, veterinarians prescribing animal drugs may not require a pet owner to (1) purchase the prescription as a condition of providing such a copy, (2) pay an additional fee to receive such a copy, or (3) waive the veterinarian's liability as a condition of providing such a copy.

Veterinarians are not required to provide a copy of prescriptions administered in the context of acute care. A veterinarian also may require payment of examination fees prior to prescribing an animal drug if such fees are required regardless of whether the diagnosis reveals an animal drug prescription is necessary.

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Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2019 Display Title Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1290is/xml/BILLS-116s1290is.xml 2019-05-02 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.