Date: 04/15/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1187

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, & ENERGY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.004. The motion passed without o
Refer House Bill 15-1187, as amended, to the Commi		Pass Without Objection
PASS



11:24 AM -- HB 15-1187

Senator Garcia and Sonnenberg, co-prime sponsors, described the provisions of House Bill 15-1187 concerning mental health evaluations of licensed veterinarian conducted by a peer health assistance program. Senator Sonnenberg also distributed Amendment L.004 (Attachment A). The reengrossed bill allows the State Board of Veterinary Medicine (the state board) to require a licensed veterinarian to submit to a mental health examination to determine his or her ability to practice, if the state board has reason to believe that the veterinarian is unable to practice with a reasonable degree of skill and safety due to a mental illness or due to excessive use of alcohol or drugs. The state board may enter into a confidential agreement with a veterinarian to limit his or her practice due to his or her illness or condition if necessary to practice safety. The state board may discipline a veterinarian who fails to comply with the terms of a confidential agreement.

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The following persons testified on the bill:

11:29 AM -- Erin Epperly, Colorado Veterinary Medical Association, spoke in support of the bill.

11:31 AM -- Bill Fredregill, Colorado Veterinary Medical Association, spoke in support of the bill.

11:37 AM -- Aubrey Lavizzo, Colorado Veterinary Medical Association, spoke in support of the bill and Amendment L.004. He also discussed the 2013 suicide of a veterinarian in Southwest Colorado.

11:45 AM

The chair closed testimony and Senator Garcia and Senator Sonnenberg closed their remarks on the bill.

BILL:HB15-1187
TIME: 11:46:11 AM
MOVED:Sonnenberg
MOTION:Adopt amendment L.004. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Baumgardner
Cooke
Donovan
Garcia
Hodge
Jones
Scott
Roberts
Sonnenberg
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection



11:46 AM

The committee recessed.

11:47 AM

The committee returned from recess.

BILL:HB15-1187
TIME: 11:47:51 AM
MOVED:Sonnenberg
MOTION:Refer House Bill 15-1187, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be added to the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Baumgardner
Yes
Cooke
Yes
Donovan
Yes
Garcia
Yes
Hodge
Yes
Jones
Yes
Scott
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS