Legislative Agenda

2024 MVMA Legislative Priorities

  1. Actively oppose the Companion Animal Board bill and others intended to negatively change the current mission and effectiveness of the BAH. Educate legislators and relevant interest groups about the issues and concerns associated with this bill.
  2. Actively support the Licensed Veterinary Technician bill.
  3. Support the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine and its funding and improvements requests at the legislature. In addition, support the College’s efforts to limit tuition increases and to reduce student debt.
  4. Support the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) and its funding and improvement requests at the Legislature.
  5. Support the funding requests of the Board of Animal Health and of the Board of Veterinary Medicine at the Legislature, and support both boards’ independent status.
  6. Support legislation that provides financial support for research, education, and outreach initiatives surrounding animal health.
  7. Actively monitor legislative proposals pertaining to veterinary drug compounding and proactively advocate for maintaining current veterinary drug dispensing practices. 
  8. Actively monitor legislative proposals pertaining to mandatory opioid prescription drug reporting and its impact on veterinarians.
  9. Support exempting the FDA approved veterinary xylazine product as a scheduled drug. 
  10. Monitor for legislation that would limit a veterinarian’s ability to perform any method of euthanasia that is described in the current version of the AVMA guidelines for the euthanasia of animals.
  11. Support the formation of an Office of Animal Protection (OAP) as proposed in Minnesota SF 1411/HF 1850 including establishing a statewide registry of dangerous dogs which remains an MVMA priority.
  12. Oppose creation of an Office of Animal Protection (OAP) as described in SF 3324/HF 3300.
  13. Support legislation mandating dog and cat rabies vaccination.

MVMA Public Policy Principles

  1. Continually review, protect, and update the Veterinary Practice Act in order to ensure it is purposeful and functional for the industry.
  2. Actively monitor legislative activity pertaining to scope of practice issues including maintaining the requirement of an in-person exam by a veterinarian to establish a Veterinary Client Patient Relationship (VCPR).
  3. Support the Minnesota veterinary student loan repayment program.
  4. Support Minnesota animal agriculture.
  5. Monitor the declawing issue and continue to be engaged with this issue.
  6. Monitor and collaborate with other stakeholders on mandatory dog/cat rabies vaccination.
  7. Monitor medical marijuana proposals for pets.
  8. Monitor and explore opportunity to include proper training and education to human Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
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