Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for EO0314
Bill Status of EO031493rd General Assembly Short Description:ORTHOPOX VIRUSES-MONKEYPOX
Sponsor: Governor
Last Action
Date
Chamber
Action
6/10/2003
House
Filed with the Secretary of State
Synopsis As Introduced Directs the Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, to develop and implement plans relating to animals infected or exposed to the orthopox virus. Restricts unnecessary human contact with prairie dogs and Gambian rats, which can transmit monkeypox or other orthopox viruses to humans.