SB 448 (2022) -  Veterinary Telehealth

General Bill by Brodeur
Veterinary Telehealth: Citing this act as the “Providing Equity in Telemedicine Services (PETS) Act”; defining the term “telemedicine”; authorizing veterinarians to practice telemedicine; requiring veterinarians using telemedicine to establish a veterinarian/client/patient relationship and meet certain professional standards; authorizing employees, agents, or contractors of animal control authorities to administer rabies vaccinations under certain circumstances; providing that a supervising veterinarian assumes responsibility for any person vaccinating animals at the supervising veterinarian’s discretion or under his or her supervision, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2022
Last Event: 03/14/22 S Died in Regulated Industries on Monday, March 14, 2022 1:02 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Regulated Industries
    • On agenda for: 02/08/22 12:30 PM
  • Agriculture
    • On agenda for: 02/10/22 8:30 AM
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 723 Subject: Medical Treatment of Animals Relationship: Similar
Bill #: CS/HB 667 Subject: Department of Business and Professional Regulation Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Original Filed Version
    • D 776064 , Regulated Industries, Brodeur Date Filed: 02/03/22, Line#: 0 Senate(c): No Action 02/08/2022 01:55 PM
    • SD 952970 , Regulated Industries, Rouson Date Filed: 02/07/22, Line#: 0 Senate(c): No Action 02/08/2022 01:55 PM
    • A 233706 , Regulated Industries, Brodeur Date Filed: 01/14/22, Line#: 65 Senate(c): Withdrawn 02/08/2022 01:55 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Regulated Industries 1/14/2022 1:41:45 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Regulated Industries Time: 03/14/2022 - 1:02 PM Member: Committee: Regulated Industries Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/12/2022 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 02/10/22, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building --Not Received Time: 02/07/2022 - 2:22 PM Member: Committee: Agriculture Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 02/08/22, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 02/03/2022 - 1:49 PM Member: Committee: Regulated Industries Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/18/22, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 01/13/2022 - 3:36 PM Member: Committee: Regulated Industries Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 26 Time: 01/11/2022 - 11:01 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Regulated Industries; Agriculture; Rules -SJ 26 Time: 10/21/2021 - 8:32 AM Member: Committee: Regulated Industries Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/12/2021 - 2:57 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
474.202 CS/CS/HB 723
474.2021 CS/CS/HB 723
474.203 CS/HB 667, CS/CS/HB 723, HB 849, CS/SB 994
474.214 CS/CS/HB 723
828.30 CS/HB 667, CS/CS/HB 723